As you may remember from my earlier post on the $100 laptop, I find the both the hardware, and the events that have surrounded it all quite interesting.
Well, now the laptop is finally starting to be made, after a long, long wait, since its creation as a concept. If you check out the BBC article on it, you will see a lot more information has been revealed. For example, to keep costs down, there will be no hard drive, but 1Gb of (presumably flash) memory. The case is designed to withstand a hard life in the open, and the screen is designed with outdoor use in mind, as many locations may not have a school, or a roof for the pupils using them. Finally, as mains electricity is rare in many undeveloped areas of this world, the power can be fed by solar panels or produced by hand.
Anyway, I await to see if they manage to get the cost down to the projected 100 dollars…
Jul 24 2007
100 Dollar Laptop Starts Production
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Jul 22 2007
Britain Suffers From Flooding
No, not a general warning to all travellers thinking of visiting the UK, but I am instead referring to the current problems afflicting many areas in England and Wales (not sure on Scotland). Although Mum in Wales is in an area that is marked as effected by some maps I’ve seen, they live quite high up, so unless there is a river close to them that bursts its banks, they should be OK. I tried calling Dad at home, as his area has problems with all the rain, but as the phone was ringing, it can’t be too local too him, as the phone lines are working, and considering his answer phone kicked in, I can safely assume that the mains electricity has not been cut off; anyway I hope his and Jan’s houses are OK. I’ve spoken to Alex today, who said parts of the Forest of Dean were cut off, and that other places more local were effected, but that she was ok, and that just leaves Nick (in Falmouth) – if you ever get round to reading this Nick, and have not yet e-mailed, leave me a comment so I know you are not needing to take a dinghy into Uni 😉