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Two examples of highly hyped social innovations that have not scaled because of a number of reasons including the lack of data are the The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative (founded by Nicolas Negroponte of MIT Media Lab fame), which aims to provide every child with a rugged, low-cost laptop, and the PlayPump – a water pump that takes the form of a merry-go-round that is powered by children.
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