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[//one.laptop.org One Laptop per Child (OLPC)] is an organization that produces extremely low-cost, Linux-based laptops designed for use in the developing world. It is a controversial program, criticized for paternalism, tech-solutionism, and flawed design choices (Robertson, 2018), but the laptops have interesting potential within and beyond their intended uses.

== Use cases ==

=== Build a class mesh network ===

OLPC machines have built-in wifi that enables them to network with each other even when an Internet connection isn't present. striegl & Emerson (2019) propose strategies for creative networking with this technology.

== How to use it ==

== Replacement for ==

* Chromebooks, which incline students toward lock-in on Google services

== Bibliography ==

* Robertson, Adi. "[https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/16/17233946/olpcs-100-laptop-education-where-is-it-now OLPC’s $100 laptop was going to change the world — then it all went wrong]." 'The Verge'. April 16, 2018.
* striegl, . & Emerson, L., "[https://doi.org/10.1007/s42803-019-00005-9 Anarchive as technique in the Media Archaeology Lab: building a one Laptop Per Child mesh network]." 'International Journal Digit Humanities' (2019).

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