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.

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Re:Smart enough to survive.

[MoralHazard]

"At least the caveman has shown that they have the one thing that's important. The ability to survive and propogate."

I don't know about that--you don't see many cavemen walking around these days, do you?

Unless you buy into the theory that they all bought Win98 PCs and got online, where they grunt along as ACs on slashdot.

Is that you, Ungk? Get a goddamned user account.