OLPC Now Officially 2B1: The Children's Machine

Quanta is doing their part to make sure school children all over the world have access to technology. Quanta's 2B1: The Children's Machine , is being produced for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. The 2B1, the laptop-handheld hybrid device is set to go into production sometime in the first half of 2007. "The OLPC group says that 2B1 is "unlike any laptop ever built," which is fairly true. Although many believe that 2B1 is simply a highly reduced laptop from today's entry level models, 2B1 goes far beyond that and is actually something entirely new from the ground up. Despite using some of today's common computer components such as lower-power AMD processors, 2B1 for example introduces high DPI LCD displays. Power saving features are also what sets 2B1 apart. According to the OLPC group, the LCD in 2B1 consumes merely 0.2 watts in reflective mode. The entire machine itself consumes less than two watts when operating -- low enough says the OLPC group, to be powered by a person."