12 dollar laptop has being developed in India
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Photo by Jess Gately
Can you imagine, what kind of laptop that cost you for only 12 Dollar ???… well don’t expect too much but.. this laptop has being developed in india by a group of people that attending the MIT International
Development Design Summit . These include, U.S. graduate student Derek Lomas, Anuj Nanavati of India, MIT graduate Jesse Austin-Breneman and other designer.
Based on Apple II-based machines currently on sale in India other devices that plug into televisions, they want to update/upgrade the systems with more memory, web access through cellphone tethering and actual storage.
“We see this as a model that could increase economic opportunities for people in developing countries,†said Lomas, part of a team that’s trying to develop a $12 computer at this month’s MIT International Development Design Summit. “If you just know how to type, that can be the difference between earning $1 an hour instead of $1 a day.â€
They aim to build a stripped down computer-like device for about one-tenth of what Negroponte’s One Laptop Per Child project is creating.
MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte has been working since 2005 to provide $100 laptops to Third World kids, but Lomas and his colleagues want to knock the price down even further.
Amazing isn’t it ?
More info here
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Hello! This sounds like a terrific idea! Can anyone give me anymore information on this product?