Here's another article on this with a video interview. http://bit.ly/mAvHa2
This is actually fascinating. However, I see this more as a concept right now. It may be a working model for the third world countries out there in a couple of years but, with the way mobile computing is growing, I can see this being mainstream and a lot more powerful in 5 to 10 years. ---------------------------------------- Have a Better One, Edward Crosby http://about.me/edwardcrosby On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 9:18 PM, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > > There are a number of barebones/mass-market low-cost devices out there, > many of them aimed at the huge developing world market, hoping to outfit > people with basic PC functionality for as little cost as possible. The > OLPC <http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/olpc/> is among the most famous, but > perhaps the most luxurious: with a cutting-edge screen, built-in keyboard > and networking, and so on, it has perhaps aimed too high, resulting in (as > we’ve seen) increasing price and limited uptake. India’s “$35″ > tablet<http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/01/20/the-35-indian-tablet-delayed-possibly-up-for-a-vaporware-award/>comes > to mind as well. > > David Braben, perhaps best known for developing the revolutionary > Elite<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_%28video_game%29>, > is now leading a foundation called Raspberry > Pi<http://www.raspberrypi.org/>to mass produce this ultra-minimal PC and > distribute it where even an OLPC > is too much. Their device is as bare-bones as it gets, and they’re hoping to > sell it for $25. > > Continue > reading…<http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/05/05/raspberry-pi-a-25-bare-bones-pc-that-fits-on-your-keychain/> > > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/300623/> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/300623/> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/300623/> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/300623/> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/300623/> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/300623/> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/tctechcrunch.wordpress.com/300623/> > > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=jOyEl1SZLOo:l8ezae71Ae8:2mJPEYqXBVI> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=jOyEl1SZLOo:l8ezae71Ae8:7Q72WNTAKBA> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=jOyEl1SZLOo:l8ezae71Ae8:yIl2AUoC8zA> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=jOyEl1SZLOo:l8ezae71Ae8:-BTjWOF_DHI> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=jOyEl1SZLOo:l8ezae71Ae8:D7DqB2pKExk> > <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Techcrunch?a=jOyEl1SZLOo:l8ezae71Ae8:qj6IDK7rITs> > > > <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/jOyEl1SZLOo/> > http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/jOyEl1SZLOo/ > > > > Sent with MobileRSS > HD<http://itunes.apple.com/app/mobilerss-hd-google-rss-news/id375300540?mt=8> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
