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By using the new string pulley-charged EXO laptops sold by the non-profit group the One

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Laptop per Child Foundation, Uruguay will be the first developing nation to have laptops

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for every student.

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Government officials say that half of the 400,000 laptops have already been delivered.

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The rest are expected before the end of the year.

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Plan Cibal, the government's project to provide laptops to all school-aged children, is being

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led by Miguel Mariati.

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There are still 200,000 computers that we have to deliver this year between May and

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October in the capital, Montevideo, where there are a large concentration of children

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in schools.

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The coverage we will achieve within two years will be 100 percent of the school-aged children.

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The computers will all have an internet connection in their schools and their neighborhoods.

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The laptop features a string pulley to charge its battery, a keyboard that switches between

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languages, a digital video camera, wireless connectivity, and Linux open-source operating

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software tailored for remote regions.

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Children are encouraged to use the computers both in class and outside of school.

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The EXO laptops are built for portability.

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They rely on flash memory and four USB ports to add memory instead of conventional hard

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drives.

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Sometimes you have to buy books, but now you can download it from the internet and that's

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it.

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You don't have to be buying books, so instead of buying books, you can buy a meal.

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The One Laptop per Child project is founded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Academics.

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Many people have applauded the EXO laptops for their innovations, but their biggest fans

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have to be the kids.

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We download video games and play games on the internet sometimes when we're at school.

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Otherwise, we look for study material, do the homework our teacher sends us, and we

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do a lot of work in class.

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The EXO laptops have been deployed in over 25 countries including Peru, Brazil, Rwanda,

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Afghanistan, and Mozambique.