http://laptop.media.mit.edu/
and inventive idea however, the fact that it has a hand crank to charge the battery seems like something out of the flintstones.
Yaba daba dooo
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I'm a bit skeptical of the hand crank thing myself. I was just reading a thread on another forum where people were talking about the low power generated by those LED crank/shake flashlights. Namely that you'd do the charging motion for 45sec for about 90sec of middling quality light. Given that, I have to wonder how practical it is to keep a laptop humming on crank power.
I'd almost assume it was a hoax thought the mit.edu domain is somewhat convincing.
I'd almost assume it was a hoax thought the mit.edu domain is somewhat convincing.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
I think if I were a child in a 3rd world country, I would rather have quality food and water. But hey, laptops are cool too.
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“It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But a half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.â€
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Starvin' Marvin would want a laptop...and a Seiko sports watch...
Ferrish wrote:
http://laptop.media.mit.edu/
and inventive idea however, the fact that it has a hand crank to charge the battery seems like something out of the flintstones.
Yaba daba dooo
and inventive idea however, the fact that it has a hand crank to charge the battery seems like something out of the flintstones.
Yaba daba dooo
the reason for this is simple, in a lot of 3rd world countries there are vast majorities of places without power. this gives them the ability to have use of the device. also IIRC it is in addition to an external standard power cord for laptops so makes it even better then normal laptops.
this has been in the works for over a year and i am really glad to see that it has come to fruition.
mark one more win for Linux.
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What is the $100 Laptop, really?
The proposed $100 machine will be a Linux-based, full-color, full-screen laptop that will use innovative power (including wind-up) and will be able to do most everything except store huge amounts of data. This rugged laptop will be WiFi-enabled and have USB ports galore. Its current specifications are: 500MHz, 1GB, 1 Megapixel.
The proposed $100 machine will be a Linux-based, full-color, full-screen laptop that will use innovative power (including wind-up) and will be able to do most everything except store huge amounts of data. This rugged laptop will be WiFi-enabled and have USB ports galore. Its current specifications are: 500MHz, 1GB, 1 Megapixel.
heck with all of those features $100 is a very good price. to make a laptop with all of those features would run the consumer in the US around $300-$500 for the same capabilities.
also IIRC there is no hard drive it is all flashrom like USB sticks, thus the limited data storage so no games for them, but they can browse the web, use OpenOffice for word documents etc.
very kewl idea.
It's going to be really funny when I read about some village who slaughterd all of their children after they refused to join in on the village hunt because they had to "recompile their kernels"
Edited, Fri Nov 18 13:27:29 2005 by Frakkor
Edited, Fri Nov 18 13:27:29 2005 by Frakkor
I'm thinking the Onion already called this one
For some reason, the article wasn't in the Onion's "complete archives". Go figure.
For some reason, the article wasn't in the Onion's "complete archives". Go figure.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
The One and Only Frakkor wrote:
It's going to be really funny when I read about some village who slaughterd all of their children after they refused to join in on the village hunt because they had to "recompile their kernels"
All while 15 people constatnly trade off cranking 24/7.
meh, if I lived in the middle of an africian village, i'd be cranking 24/7 as well...what else is there to do???
Chew on locusts for precious, life giving moisture?
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
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