cheap laptops
Geekblue has a pic and some information on an interesting project to develop cheap laptops for developing countries. It is an attempt to improve the standard of education in underdeveloped countries. Interesting looking laptop – what is that thick area around the hinge – a big battery?
‘MIT’s Media Laboratory has announced the development of a $100 laptop prototype, to be launched in November. The lab has been working with the computing industry to develop a low-cost notebook computer for use in education for developing countries.
The laptop, sporting a 500MHz processor, will run a scaled-down version of Linux. It will have a two-mode screen, an interesting feature which allows the display to be viewed in color normally, but with the push of a button will switch to a black and white display which can be viewed in bright sunlight.’
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