Namank Shah (WR 150, Paper 3) Read the instructor’s introduction Download this essay In 2005, MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte unveiled an idea so innovative that it had the potential of improving the lives of millions of people in developing countries around the world—a $100 laptop. His vision was to distribute this low-cost, rugged computer to … Continue reading A Blurry Vision: Reconsidering the Failure of the One Laptop Per Child Initiative