Indian researcher designs revolutionary low cost PC for the poor
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Aug 17 - Professor Raj Reddy, an Indian researcher in artificial intelligence and a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Has designed a wirelessly networked personal computer worth just 250 US dollars intended for the four billion people around the ...
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Rural and deprived communities worldwide are benefiting from the increased availability of computers.
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The new Tata Nano will sell for $2,500, making it affordable for some of India's poorer people.
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One-Laptop-Per-Child's XO has inspired a new class of low-cost laptop and highlighted the need for computing resources in developing nations.
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The vaunted "$100 laptop" that Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers dreamed up for international schoolchildren is becoming a slightly more distant concept.
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Doubts about whether poor, rural children really can benefit from quirky little computers evaporate as quickly as the morning dew in this hilltop Andean village, where 50 primary school children got machines from the One Laptop Per Child project six months ago.
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Group seeks to promote development through microfinance, using open-source software.
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Intel's Classmate PC isn't just for students anymore. HCL Infosystems plans to sell a version of the Classmate PC to consumers and businesses in India who want a rugged, low-cost laptop.
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Experts say they have paved the way for tiny supercomputers which could fit in the palm of the hand.
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Digital guru Nicholas Negroponte says he is developing a laptop that will sell for less than $100 (Â£53).
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Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday unveiled a low-cost Internet access device aimed at first-time users in India, Mexico and the Caribbean.
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Advanced Micro Devices is launching a low-cost Internet access device dubbed &quot;PIC,&quot; or personal Internet communicator, targeted at first-time computer users in the developing world.
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How does a computer designed for kids in poor countries connect to us?
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Chip giant unveils developers contest to build the smallest, sleekest multimedia PC, with a prize of up to $1 million.
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The blueprint for a tiny, rugged mechanical computer has been inspired by ideas put forward 200 years ago.
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Indian labs churn out technologies to help users in developing countries keep up with the information age even if they can't afford a computer, don't live near a phone or speak a language that can't be typed on a standard keyboard. By Manu Joseph.
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Intel and Asustek are working on a $199 laptop designed for emerging markets and for use in education.