Technical Notes on Video:

Video length is 1:10:48.

John Durant, Director of the MIT Museum, introduces the event and Walter Bender.

At 2:58, Bender begins.

At 20:12, Durant invites the audience to formulate questions for Bender.

At 2:12, Durant reads some questions that emerged during audience discussion. Bender discusses some of these, including:

how his philosophy emerged and how the distinctive features of the computer evolved;

whether different laptop versions will be made for different countries, and for children with disabilities;

whether OLPC threatens industry players;

if this laptop can help bridge the digital divide in the U.S.;

whether the laptop will make foreign children more competitive against U.S. children;

whether the laptop will be subject to black market forces;

and how teachers in developing countries will train to utilize this new resource.