What if giving every child a laptop created a new community of problem solvers in unexpected places? Could they cure cancer, find alternative sources of energy, prevent a war? Imagine a 12-year-old in Thailand. She's interested in science, in the mechanics of nature, in how things work. Where does she find the resources to feed her curiosity? Who does she talk to? When access to information is open, children learn. A laptop can provide this access. Can it provide the community, too?

Nicholas Negroponte announced the One Laptop per Child initiative at the World Economic Forum in January, 2005. Today, the mission to provide every child in the world with a rugged, Internet-ready laptop isn't just feasible. It's inevitable. But the movement isn't about the laptop. It's not even about technology. It's about making knowledge open, so the next generation of children can learn from it, build upon it, and use it to create.