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India Will Show Its $10 Laptop Prototype

Posted by timothy on from the better-than-a-chicken-in-every-pot dept.

Tech Ticker writes "The Indian Government last year announced the development of a cheap $10 laptop, but was later rectified as $100 laptop. Now the government has announced that HRD minister Arjun Singh will unveil the prototype of a Rs. 500 ($10) computer. The computer is developed by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai. No specifications were revealed but DNA, a daily newspaper, has mentioned that it will be small and portable, will feature Wi-Fi, LAN, and expandable memory, and will operate on 2 watts of power."

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  1. Where is China's innovation? by bogaboga · · Score: 1, Troll

    I thought China would do this before India because all I see around is stuff with the label "Made in China." I hear they (the Chinese), even made an iphone rip-off , but I have not seen it anywhere! So where is China's innovation?

  2. Re:A great hope for India by Dog-Cow · · Score: 0, Troll

    Tell that to the Germans. There's nothing about education that fundamentally creates less murderous people.

  3. Re:I hope they succeed. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Let me guess, you've never been to Louisiana post Katrina?

  4. Re:I hope they succeed. by arkarumba · · Score: 0, Troll

    I haven't seen a river of shit, but I have seen a public bathroom at a bus station with turds all over the floor, and I mean ALL OVER.

    Picture you local bus station bathroom. Draw a grid of 10cm squares. Start at the far end and lay a turd on every gridpoint. Awful! As I understand it, that is standard practice there.