PC Advisor (UK) announces the first delivery of OLPC machines (One Laptop Per Child, aka the $100 Laptop) will be made in Brazil in the next week.

“The first 50 devices will go to researchers in various Brazilian institutions, who will familiarize themselves with the systems in order to develop regional applications, according to the source.”

Another 1,000 will be delivered in January for deployment in schools the next month.

And we’ll see how it ramps up from there. This is an exciting project that could fundamentally improve education in the countries participating.

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