Its amazing how cheap you can make a laptop if you leave out the RAM, battery, display, keyboard, networking, processor, and plastic case.
It is a much less developed version of AMD's 50x15 terminal. Cheers, wad On Jul 20, 2010, at 6:21 AM, Kevin Cole wrote: > http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/20/humane-reader-is-a-20-8-bit-pc-for-tvs/ > > We can't decide if this is a Smart idea or a Stupid idea in the grand scheme > of things, but we love it just the same. Humane PC and its Humane Reader > child are open source hardware projects with some seriously low-cost internal > components. At volume the PC could retail for as low as $20, and that's with > 2GB of microSD storage, USB / PS/2 plugs, and video out. The PC is primarily > designed to output low-res, black and white text to a TV, making it a low > cost reader for developing countries, and the Humane Reader project pre-loads > the device with thousands of Wikipedia articles (much in the vein of the > OpenMoko WikiReader). Of course, the Humane PC itself is imminently hackable, > and we probably haven't seen the full extent of this sucker's functionality > just yet. The project is currently seeking a partner to deploy some > prototypes. > > Humane Reader is a $20 8-bit PC for TVs originally appeared on Engadget on > Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of > feeds.PermalinkMake | Humane Informatics |Email this|Comments > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
