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India Wants to Develop $100 Laptop

by Peter Mychalcewycz on August 3, 2008 at 11:01 AM


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A $100 laptop aimed at educating the masses was announced earlier this week at e-India, a technology conference in India.

India's Minister of State for Higher Education, D. Purandeswai, spoke at the conference, and, according to the Press Trust of India, she said "The government aims to provide 100-dollar laptops, and the research is on," adding "in the coming years [the] thrust will be on using IT to strengthen various modes of learning both in [the early grades of] school and at higher education levels."

The $100 laptop is being analyzed by the Indian Institute of Sciences in Bangalore and the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras, most likely to determine whether or not a project of this magnitude is feasible.

We hope it is. We're sure the children of India feel the same. [Source: BetaNews]


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