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By Nick Heath, 21 May 2008 16:42

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Nicholas Negroponte said in a statement: "Based on feedback from governments, educators and most important, from the children themselves, we are aggressively working to lower the cost, power and size of the XO laptop so that it is more affordable and useable by the world's poorest children.

"It's only through access to education that young people will be able to develop the skills necessary to compete globally and to develop the solutions required to break the cycles of poverty, disease and malnutrition."

The new machine will further squeeze its power consumption, the original XO laptop consumes two to four watts, compared to 20 to 40 for a standard laptop, and the XO-2 will draw just one watt.

The XO-2 will be about the size of a book, as seen here, roughly half the size of the original, making it easier for children to carry.

Photo credit: OLPC