The Hundred (and Fifty) Dollar Laptop is Here!

You may have heard about this project to create $100 laptops for children in developing countries. Well, they finally finished the design - it's actually closer to $150, but considering that the cheapest standard laptop available now is $500, this is nonetheless far more affordable for the people who need it - or for charities who want to distribute it to them.

The laptop uses far less power than a conventional machine, it's designed to connect to the internet through any available means (mobile phone net, satellite uplink, "ad hoc" through other such laptops, or through conventional means), and it runs a Linux-based OS!

Please do read the article, it's written by one of my father's good friends.