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have been depleted, they are abandoned and new areas areburned.One Laptop per Child: Mission Statement: Tocreate educational opportunities for the world'spoorest children by providing each child with arugged, low-­‐cost, low-­‐power, connected laptopwith content and software designed forcollaborative, joyful, self-­‐empowered learning. When childrenhave access to this type of tool they get engaged in their owneducation. They learn, share, create, and collaborate. Theybecome connected to each other, to the world and to a brighterfuture.A small machine with a big mission. The XO is a potent learningtool designed and built especially for children in developingcountries, living in some of the most remote environments. It’sabout the size of a small textbook. It has built-­‐in wireless and aunique screen that is readable under direct sunlight for childrenwho go to school outdoors. It’s extremely durable, brilliantlyfunctional, energy-­‐efficient, and fun.Many years and an infinite amount of sweat equity went into thecreation of the XO laptop. Designed collaboratively by expertsfrom academia and industry, the XO is the product of the verybest thinking about technology and learning. It was designedwith the real world in mind, considering everything from extremeenvironmental conditions such as high heat and humidity, totechnological issues such as local language support. As a result,the XO laptop is extremely durable, brilliantly functional, energy-­efficient,responsive, and fun.XO is fully compliant with the European Union's RoHS Directive. Itcontains no hazardous materials. Its LiFePO4 or NiMH batteriescontain no toxic heavy metals, plus it features enhanced batterymanagement for an extended recharge-­‐cycle lifetime. It will alsotolerate alternate power-­‐charging sources, such as car batteries.XO is fully compliant with the European Union's RoHS Directive. Itcontains no hazardous materials. Its LiFePO4 or NiMH batteriescontain no toxic heavy metals, plus it features enhanced batterymanagement for an extended recharge-­‐cycle lifetime. It will alsotolerate alternate power-­‐charging sources, such as car batteries.Experience shows that laptop components most likely to fail arethe hard drive and internal connectors. Therefore, XO has nohard drive to crash and only two internal cables. For addedrobustness, the machine's plastic walls are 2mm thick, asopposed to the standard 1.3mm. Its wireless antennas, which faroutperform thetypical laptop,double asexternal coversfor the USBports, which areprotectedinternally aswell. The displayis also cushionedby internal“bumpers.” Theestimatedproduct lifetimeis at least fiveyears.135