Joined: 07 Apr 2003 Posts: 20349 Location: New Jersey
Posted: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:17:42 Post Subject: Design of $100 Laptop for Kids Unveiled
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The $100 laptop computers that Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers want to get into the hands of the world's children would be durable, flexible and self-reliant.
The machines' AC adapter would double as a carrying strap, and a hand crank would power them when there's no electricity. They'd be foldable into more positions than traditional notebook PCs, and carried like slim lunchboxes.
yeah, cheap computing is something very important for the future- not just for third world countries either. with the growing prominence of the internet everyone should have onem especially once city-wide wi-fi gets going...
plus, to just get online and check mail you don't need very much at all, i still have Pentium boxes lying around that do the job...
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