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IntermetNZ welcomes laptop initiative
Media Release - 29 August 2008 -
InternetNZ (the
Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) congratulates the One
Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative for donating 500 low-cost
laptop computers to the South Pacific island
nation of
Niue. It is part of a larger initiative in the Pacific and
to
developing countries globally.
This will provide a
computer to every primary and secondary school age
child
and teacher on Niue, where there is already extensive free
wireless access.
InternetNZ executive director Keith
Davidson says the computers are also
capable of mesh
wireless networking, where they find each other and
establish their own networks. This may in effect extend
Niue's wireless
network.
"These will be a valuable
educational tool for the children of Niue.
OLPC are
helping to bridge the digital divide and bring the Internet
to
everyone."
The laptops use the open source Linux
operating system, include built in
software, and can be
recharged
manually.
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