remember the hand cranked radios art bell pushed for y2k
"The $100 clockwork laptop that helps the poor to learn
From Chris Ayres in Los Angeles
THE worlds least sophisticated laptop computer was announced yesterday
and it runs by clockwork.
The machine, which will cost less than $100 (£56), is not aimed at the
cutting edge of corporate calculation but instead is destined for the poor
of the planet.
The inventor of the robust laptop hopes to distribute it to tens of millions
of children throughout the developing world, helping to bridge the
information gap between rich and poor.
One of its most useful features, the clockwork hand-crank, is based on the
wind-up radio invented in Britain by Trevor Baylis more than a decade ago."
continued at
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0%2C%2C11069-1804700%2C00.html
ps there is also a strong internet rumor that google plans a free
ubiquitous wireless internet access service based on the new wimax standards
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