OLPC in production phase

The One Laptop per Child project has finally move into production phase and should be ready to be ship out in October this year. BBC reported the initial production will cost $176/laptop instead of the $100 preliminary projection when the project started.

The OLPC project ultimate goal is to provide super duper low cost laptops for children in third world countries in hope they can educate themselves with resources on the internet.

OLPC project goes into production [via reghardware]