Nicholas Negroponte

Nicholas Negroponte is founder and chairman of the One Laptop per Child non-profit association. He is currently on leave from MIT, where he was co-founder and director of the MIT Media Laboratory.

A graduate of MIT, Negroponte was a pioneer in the field of computer-aided design, and has been a member of the MIT faculty since 1966. Conceived in 1980, the Media Laboratory opened its doors in 1985. He is also author of the 1995 best seller, Being Digital, which has been translated into more than 40 languages. In the private sector, Negroponte serves on the board of directors for Motorola, Inc. and as general partner in a venture capital firm specializing in digital technologies for information and entertainment.

He has provided start-up funds for more than 40 companies, including Wired magazine.

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Traude GARBE· 21/02/07 · 04:10 PM

I started collecting money for an African School in Bangui, Central Africa, to provide the children with pc.
I would like to get into contact with Mr. Necroponte because he mentioned in an interview with the Sueddeutsche Zeitung that he distributes pcs for 100 $ in Asia. I am interested to learn were we could buy these pcs and whether Mr. Negroponte would be interested to sponsor this African school, too.
Please forward to Mr. Negroponte or send me his adress
where I could contact him. Thank you.

Traude Garbe

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