Apparently, the OLPC folks have dropped yet another original design idea, the hand crank, and now are talking about powering the $140+ laptop with a string - you pull it like a lawnmower starter of old.
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17194&ch=infotech http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/24/olpc-will-be-powered-by-pulling-a-string/ What next? Gerbils on a wheel? Wayan --------------------------------------------------------------------- Wayan Vota Director - Geekcorps Division International Executive Service Corps (IESC) --------------------------------------------------------------------- IESC/Geekcorps http://www.geekcorps.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. Access to this email by anyone other than the intended addressee is unauthorized. --------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
