Showing posts with label One Laptop per Child. Show all posts
Showing posts with label One Laptop per Child. Show all posts

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Ending the Digital Divide? Cheapest tablet in India...

"Finally realising his dream project, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday launched a $35 computing device that will be made available to ‘learners’ right from primary schools to universities. Aiming at bringing down the price to $10, the Ministry has also begun discussions with global manufacturers to start mass production of arguably the world’s cheapest laptop..."


So if this really works, what could be next? Broadband to the villages? Apps in the cloud? e-government? is the digital divide almost over? Is nirvana almost here?



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