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A $20 8-Bit Wikipedia Reader For Your TV
An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from Wired about another entry in the ongoing quest for low-tech-high-tech educational tools to take advantage of distributed knowledge: "The Humane Reader, a device designed by computer consultant Braddock Gaskill, takes two 8-bit microcontrollers and packages them in a 'classic style console' that connects to a TV. The device includes an optional keyboard, a micro-SD Card reader and a composite video output. It uses a standard micro-USB cellphone charger for power. In all, it can hold the equivalent of 5,000 books, including an offline version of Wikipedia, and requires no internet connection. The Reader will cost $20 when 10,000 or more of it are manufactured. Without that kind of volume, each Reader will cost about $35."
That's $2.50 per bit!
Outrageous!
But are the books paperback or hard covered?
Inquireing minds want to know.
If I were God, wouldn't I protect my churches from acts of me?
You made two capitalization errors (three, if you count "the internet") and spelled nonetheless as three words. I really don't care, but since you're being a pedant...