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The $100 laptop moves closer to reality
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 4:40 pm
by T-Shirt
"moved one step closer to reality on Wednesday.
Nicholas Negroponte, the co-founder of the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, detailed specifications for a $100 windup-powered laptop targeted at children in developing nations."
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-5884 ... ag=nl.e589
I'd buy one, maybe 2
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 4:58 pm
by sbohdan
sounds good. after so much bad news streaming from the media, I find it refreshing when some people don't just think of themeselves but want to actually improve things for many... (actually I see this forum to be like that -hence the reason to stick around)
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:02 pm
by kenc51
how did i miss that?
1GB of ram and a 500Mhz cpu!
Man I want one....
The idea of them being wind-up powered! Brilliant..
more..
Here
:taken from news.zdnet.com:
ZDNet wrote: Negroponte said the idea is that governments will pay roughly $100 for the laptops and will distribute them for free to students.
The proposed design of the machines calls for a 500MHz processor, 1GB of memory and an innovative dual-mode display that can be used in full-color mode, or in a black-and-white sunlight-readable mode. The display makes the laptop "both an electronic book and a laptop," he said.
One display design being considered is a flat, flexible printed display developed at MIT's Media Lab. Negroponte said the technology can be used to produce displays that cost roughly 10 cents per square inch. "The target is $12 for a 12-inch display with near-zero power consumption," he said.
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:42 pm
by Apoptosis
do any of you guys read the main page news on
http://www.legitreviews.com ??
Just curious cause I mentioned that on the news at 11am!
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:46 pm
by kenc51
Apoptosis wrote:do any of you guys read the main page news on
http://www.legitreviews.com ??
Just curious cause I mentioned that on the news at 11am!
did you Click on my
Link?
??
kenc51 wrote:how did i miss that?
1GB of ram and a 500Mhz cpu!
Man I want one....
The idea of them being wind-up powered! Brilliant..
more..
Here
;)
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 1:40 am
by T-Shirt
Apoptosis wrote:do any of you guys read the main page news on
http://www.legitreviews.com ??
Just curious cause I mentioned that on the news at 11am!
No, we normally try to ignore you
Actually I just didn't see it, but thought it was tech news worthy of discussion.
I could see one of these in the hands of every school kid, instead of 20-30 pounds of books and paper they drag around now in their backpacks, or I could use one on the road with a VoIP phone to provide all the communcation I need when out of town, without dragging along a $2k+ desktop replacement, or keep one in the closet for the next big disaster (earthquake, flood, hurricane) for communication, info, enterainment or even as a light source.
cheap enough not to worry about it being damaged or disappearing in any of those cases.
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:23 am
by kenc51
A photo of the laptop can be found here @
The BBC