$100 laptops for poor countries
A company from Taiwan has promised to start producing cheap laptops to
be sold to students in poor countries. The price for the laptops will
be around $100. This cheap laptop will use Linux operating system and
will be powered by hand-cranked generator. The initiator of this
project - Nicholas Negroponte - wants to sell anywhere between 5 and 15
million laptops.
The laptops will be distributed early 2006 in countries like Nigeria, Thailand, Argentina, China, etc.
be sold to students in poor countries. The price for the laptops will
be around $100. This cheap laptop will use Linux operating system and
will be powered by hand-cranked generator. The initiator of this
project - Nicholas Negroponte - wants to sell anywhere between 5 and 15
million laptops.
The laptops will be distributed early 2006 in countries like Nigeria, Thailand, Argentina, China, etc.