India is planning to produce a laptop computer for the knockdown price of about $20 (€16, £14).
India’s “Sakshat” laptop is intended to boost distance
learning to help India fulfil its overwhelming educational needs. It
forms part of a broader plan to improve e-learning at more than 18,000
colleges and 400 universities. However, some analysts are sceptical
that a $20 laptop would be commercially sustainable and the project has
yet to attract a commercial partner.
A prototype will go on show at a National Mission on Education
launch in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, tomorrow. Pioneered in India by
scientists at the Vellore Institute of Technology, the Indian Institute
of Science in Bangalore, the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras
and at the state-controlled Semiconductor Complex, the laptop has 2Gb
Ram capacity and wireless connectivity.
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