[Yr7-10it] Re: [elearning] An Indian PC?

[ken price]

A bit more on this $10 laptop form India unveiled earlier this week

As it happens it's not a laptop, nor is it $10. It is a small computer
"box" to which a keyboard and monitor can be attached. And its more
like $30.

This is not all bad however - kyb and screens last a long time and
don't change much technically  - at least compared to computers.

Maybe this could produce a model where schools provide keyboards,
screens, internet access and central services while students own the
computer (and one like this is at least as portable as a conventional
laptop so it could travel with the student)?

More, inc photos, at
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/02/indias-10-lapto.html
http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/04/stories/2009020457282000.htm

Ken
TASITE www.tasite.tas.edu.au

On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 12:26 AM, Roland Gesthuizen
<rgesthuizen at gmail.com> wrote:
> >From a user on the the IAEP mailing list (an offshoot of the OLPC
> project that I have been following):
>
> India to unveil laptop costing Rs500
>     <http://internationalreporter.com/News-4455/india-to-unveil-laptop-costing-rs500.html>
>
>  'January 31, 2009 - With Tata Motor's coming out with the low-cost
>  Nano car, a group of Indian students are coming out with a laptop for
>  Rs500 ($10), cheaper than most pocket calculators, which can be used
>  globally for educational purposes and revolutionaries the computer
>  market in developing countries.....'
>
> Now things are hotting up with these small devices! Do not
> underestimate the technology shift that is now kicking in to help
> drive innovation in both China and India and how this could impact us
> here. Whilst this ultra-cheap, Linux powered laptop might not make it
> across the production line, the next may well.
>
> We ignore it at our peril.
>
> --
> Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
>
> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
> change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has."
> --Margaret Mead
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