Monday, October 10, 2005

I want this megacheap laptop for schoolkids

MIT have this great design for a laptop.. small, rugged, super-portable. The keyboard and screen rotate individually around the handle, and inside the handle is the power unit -- including a hand crank for manual recharging.

The total cost is supposed to be US$100. The idea is to mass manufacture (minimum order is 1 million) and sold to governments in poorer countries to provide to schoolchildren. Lauch date is 2006 or 2007.

Glorious pics and diagrams-of-use here, including the integrated carry strap / power cord and other great ideas.

This whole design is sweeet, and I want one in a way which I am sure is quite unhealthy. Hopefully there will be a retail release so I won't be reduced to mugging some poor Cambodian kid (told you it was unhealthy).

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