<s>
The	O
KiddiComp	O
concept	O
,	O
envisioned	O
by	O
Alan	O
Kay	O
in	O
1968	O
while	O
a	O
PhD	O
candidate	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
developed	O
and	O
described	O
as	O
the	O
Dynabook	B-General_Concept
in	O
his	O
1972	O
proposal	O
"	O
A	O
personal	O
computer	O
for	O
children	O
of	O
all	O
ages	O
"	O
,	O
outlines	O
the	O
requirements	O
for	O
a	O
conceptual	O
portable	O
educational	O
device	O
that	O
would	O
offer	O
similar	O
functionality	O
to	O
that	O
now	O
supplied	O
via	O
a	O
laptop	B-Device
computer	I-Device
or	O
(	O
in	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
other	O
incarnations	O
)	O
a	O
tablet	O
or	O
slate	O
computer	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
the	O
requirement	O
for	O
any	O
Dynabook	B-General_Concept
device	O
offering	O
near	O
eternal	O
battery	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adults	O
could	O
also	O
use	O
a	O
Dynabook	B-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
the	O
target	O
audience	O
was	O
children	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Part	O
of	O
the	O
motivation	O
and	O
funding	O
for	O
the	O
Dynabook	B-General_Concept
project	O
came	O
from	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
portable	O
military	O
maintenance	O
,	O
repair	O
,	O
and	O
operations	O
documentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
hardware	O
required	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
Dynabook	B-General_Concept
is	O
here	O
today	O
,	O
Alan	O
Kay	O
still	O
thinks	O
the	O
Dynabook	B-General_Concept
has	O
n't	O
been	O
invented	O
yet	O
,	O
because	O
key	O
software	O
and	O
educational	O
curricula	O
are	O
missing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Microsoft	O
came	O
up	O
with	O
its	O
tablet	B-Device
PC	I-Device
,	O
Kay	O
was	O
quoted	O
as	O
saying	O
"	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Tablet	B-Device
PC	I-Device
,	O
the	O
first	O
Dynabook-like	O
computer	O
good	O
enough	O
to	O
criticize	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Toshiba	O
also	O
has	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
sub-notebook	B-Device
computers	O
called	O
DynaBooks	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2018	O
,	O
Sharp	O
acquired	O
a	O
majority	O
stake	O
in	O
Toshiba	O
's	O
PC	O
business	O
including	O
laptops	B-Device
and	O
tablets	O
sold	O
under	O
the	O
Dynabook	B-General_Concept
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Describing	O
the	O
idea	O
as	O
"	O
A	O
Personal	O
Computer	O
For	O
Children	O
of	O
All	O
Ages	O
"	O
,	O
Kay	O
wanted	O
the	O
Dynabook	B-General_Concept
concept	O
to	O
embody	O
the	O
learning	O
theories	O
of	O
Jerome	O
Bruner	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
what	O
Seymour	O
Papert	O
who	O
had	O
studied	O
with	O
developmental	O
psychologist	O
Jean	O
Piaget	O
and	O
who	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
inventors	O
of	O
the	O
Logo	B-Device
programming	I-Device
language	I-Device
was	O
proposing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ideas	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Xerox	B-Device
Alto	I-Device
prototype	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
originally	O
called	O
"	O
the	O
interim	O
Dynabook	B-General_Concept
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
component	O
of	O
this	O
research	O
was	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
,	O
which	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
life	O
of	O
its	O
own	O
independent	O
of	O
the	O
Dynabook	B-General_Concept
concept	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
Kay	O
tried	O
in	O
his	O
1972	O
article	O
to	O
identify	O
existing	O
hardware	O
components	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
Dynabook	B-General_Concept
,	O
including	O
screens	O
,	O
processors	O
and	O
storage	O
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Dynabook	B-General_Concept
vision	O
was	O
most	O
fully	O
laid	O
out	O
in	O
Kay	O
’s	O
1977	O
article	O
"	O
Personal	O
Dynamic	O
Media	O
"	O
,	O
co-authored	O
with	O
collaborator	O
(	O
and	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
co-inventor	O
)	O
Adele	O
Goldberg	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Kay	O
gave	O
a	O
detailed	O
answer	O
to	O
a	O
question	O
on	O
Quora	O
,	O
about	O
the	O
origins	O
of	O
the	O
Dynabook	B-General_Concept
concept	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
,	O
Kay	O
has	O
been	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
Squeak	B-Operating_System
programming	O
system	O
,	O
an	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
Smalltalk-based	O
environment	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
seen	O
as	O
a	O
logical	O
continuation	O
of	O
the	O
Dynabook	B-General_Concept
concept	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
actively	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
One	O
Laptop	B-Device
Per	O
Child	O
project	O
,	O
which	O
uses	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
,	O
Squeak	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
the	O
concepts	O
of	O
a	O
computer	O
for	O
learning	O
.	O
</s>
