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India develops 35-dollar 'laptop' for schools - July 23, 2010

posted Jul 24, 2010 10:51 AM by michel gosset

India has come up with a 35-dollar touch-screen "laptop"
-- a computing prototype that it aims to make available
to students from elementary schools to universities.


The gadget, developed by the elite Indian Institute of Technology and the Indian Institute of Science, is part of a push to give students a better education and technical skills needed to boost India's economic growth.

The first users are expected to be university students with introduction of the Linux-based computing device targeted for next year.

The ministry is going to install broadband Internet at all of its 22,000 colleges so students can use the 1,500-rupee (35-dollar) device, government spokeswoman Mamta Verma told AFP on Friday in New Delhi.

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India's $35 laptop

-Mike