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The Simputer Project - http://www.simputer.org/
Aims at developing low cost access device that can pervade the rural landscape, especially in third world countries. |
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Wikipedia: Simputer - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simputer
Presents the computer and provides information about its deployment, its weaknesses, and its current status. |
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India to Compute on the Cheap - http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2001/06/44642
In spite of the country producing some great tech talent, the vast majority of India's nearly 1 billion people haven't benefited from the IT revolution at all. [Wired] |
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Simputer: the computer for the masses - http://www.rediff.com/money/2001/apr/24spec.htm
For sheer versatility, the thingamajig is streets ahead of other gizmos. It's simple, it's portable. At about Rs 9,000 per piece, it's highly affordable. [rediff.com] |
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Handheld PC bridges digital divide - http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,518681,00.html
Indian scientists invent cheap device enabling poor and illiterate to surf internet. [The Guardian] |