Way back in 1968, a brilliant computer scientist by the name of Alan Kay envisioned the Dynabook, a tablet like PC with nearly eternal battery life and software aimed at giving children access to digital media and facilitating education and learning.
We’ll about 40 some odd years have passed, and PC’s have flourished and powerful laptops now go for well under $1000. Although this has had a tremendous impact and kids a learning, I would argue that this has only been a partial realization of Alan Kay’s original vision.
http://ethicalgames.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/the-dynabook-how-the-iphoneitouch-can-realize-the-dream-and-unlock-learning-for-kids/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynabook
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