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<h1>Laptop: A learning tool created expressly for the world's poorest children</h1>
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<p>A unique machine with new features created specifically instead of especially for children of the emerging world.
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<p>We want the child to interact with XO on as deep a level as he or she desires. Children program the machine, not the other way around.
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<p>A user interface that graphically embraces the spirit of the network. It is all about community and collaboration, working and playing together to learn, create and communicate.
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<p>A very distinctive machine; rugged, durable and child-friendly, inside and out.
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