Design of $100 laptop for the world's children unveiled

Posted by tadelste on Sep 29, 2005 8:33 AM EDT
NC Tines; By BRIAN BERGSTEIN - Associated Press
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The $100 laptop computers that Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers want to get into the hands of the world's children would be durable, flexible and self-reliant. The machines' AC adapter would double as a carrying strap, and a hand crank would power them when there's no electricity. They'd be foldable into more positions than traditional notebook PCs, and carried like slim lunchboxes.

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