The buzz around the One laptop per child (OLPC) group has heightened this week. One laptop per child is a non-profit organization which works:

To provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment and express themselves.

OLPC has an intriguing and bold mission: to bring cheap, small, durable laptops to children in the developing world.

This month the OLPC project built and deployed the final round of beta machines. Thanks to some great innovative minds–including OLPC Chairman Nicholas Negroponte–the beliefs sustaining this project and its unique approach to education have been developing for many years. While some countries such as Uruguay, Libya and Rwanda have already signed up, Negroponte and OPLC hope to persuade more developing nations to commit to the OLPC project as they roll out their latest in durable, accessible, child-sized laptop technology.