India has come up with the world’s cheapest “laptop,” a touch-screen computing device that costs $35.  it will be come in market in 2011. the motherboard, its chip, the processing, connectivity, all of them cumulatively cost around $35, including memory, display, everything”. the touchscreen gadget was packed with Internet browers, PDF reader and video conferencing facilities but its hardware was created with sufficient flexibility to incorporate new components according to user requirement.

The Low-Cost Computing Device

the Linux based computing device was expected to be introduced to higher education institutions from 2011 but the aim was to drop the price further to $20 and ultimately to $10.

The device was developed by research teams at India’s premier technological institutes, the Indian Institute of Technology and the Indian Institute of Science.

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