Bloghaus Mishap: OLPC Demo Gone Bad

00:44 | Catherine Girardeau | Jan 7th, 2008 4:22pm |

Blogger and trendwatcher Vincent Everts showed up at the Bloghaus on opening night without his Segway, but sporting a “One Laptop Per Child” OLPC “XO”. The machine, developed by Nicholas Negroponte’s nonprofit One Laptop Per Child project, and touted as “rugged, durable, and child-friendly, inside and out,” was not so friendly to Everts in this informal demo.