I've never seen a piece
of hardware so simple that a child in a third world
nation (who is completely digitally illiterate)
could intuitively repair. A child who
has never seen a laptop before cannot intuitively
use a mouse/trackpad.
I have!
Folks, I teach a technology workforce development program at NPower
NY and consult for NGOs in the Security space. I agree with Taran's
eloquent observations below and I would add a dimension. Having
worked with a few U.S. technology capacity developers, I have
observed a similar tension