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Bridging the Digital Divide With PCtvt?
maddu writes "Dr. Raj Reddy, a pioneering researcher in artificial intelligence and a
professor at Carnegie Mellon University, plans to unveil his new project, called the PCtvt, later this year - it's a $250 wirelessly
networked personal computer intended for the four billion people around
the world who live on less than $2,000 a year, according to the NYT (free reg. req.) He says his device can find a market in developing countries,
particularly those with large populations of people who cannot read,
because it can be controlled by a simple TV remote control and can
function as a television, telephone and videophone." We've previously covered the somewhat conceptually related Simputer.
"...it's a $250 wirelessly networked personal computer intended for the four billion people..."
Ah, well then. Your trillion dollars or mine?
wirelessly networked personal computer intended for the four billion people around the world who live on less than $2,000 a year
great, 4 billion more idiots calling tech support.
What is slashdot?
intended for the four billion people around the world who live on less than $2,000 a year
Do these people even have electricity? Maybe we should be examining our priorities here... Clean drinking water for everyone, or email? I'd don't know about you guys, but I'd take food and water over 32 messages about increasing the size of my pen1s!
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Those who can't, teach
Those who don't know how, supervise
Why, oh why didn't he use linux, like the Simputer?
Seriously. I mean, the runaway success of the Linux-powered Simputer is impossible to ignore.
That's why we're all posting to Slashdots from Simputers now, why most artificial hearts are Simputer-based, and why Keith Emerson traded in his Moog synthesizer for a bank of Simputers.
Stupidity is trying something that's been done before but expecting a different result.
Sorry Tom, but the internet is a very effective form of birth control. Just look around here.