So we were shocked when Ryan Letada of eKindling dropped the XO laptop from the table.

And when he spilled his glass of water on it.

What a way to sell a project.  :-P

But it wasn’t the durability of the XO laptop (this particular unit was an Ondoy survivor, having been found caked in mud after being submerged in the flood) that convinced us of how awesome the eKindling project is, but the dedication of the people behind it.

The eKindling project goes beyond providing XO laptops.  They seek to empower Filipino children and youth through technological innovations in education.  Find out more about them here.

January 12, 2010, 1:32pm