Bangalore: A new product from the
British nonprofit Rasberry Pi Foundation has come up with the
cheapest and affordable
computer which is
worth $25. This innovative idea was built to cater the one laptop per child concept. The Rasberry Pi Foundation plans to develop, manufacture and distribute an ultra-low-cost computer, for the use in teaching computer programming to children.
This amazing device was innovated by game developer, David Braben of Rollercoaster Tycoon fame. The Rasberry Pi Foundation's computer is entirely different from other computers and laptops which we see on our desks.
The device is a clump of silicon with ports attached to it. This computer sports the 700-MHz ARM11 processor attached on to the paltry piece of silicon. Its size is equal to that of a USB stick and it is designed to plug into a TV or a touch screen device.
The specific features of this computer includes a 128MB of SDRAM, 1080p30 H.264 high-profile decode, Composite and HDMI video output, USB 2.0, SD/MMC/SDIO memory card slot and an Open software (Ubuntu, Iceweasel, KOffice, Python).
To operate the system a person needs to plug a USB-based keyboard and mouse setup into the USB 2.0 port on the opposite end of the Pocket PC's HDMI port. An SD card slot with additional storage is based on the side of the computer.
A surprisingly $25 is just, one needs to pay for a fully Linux PC which is apt for one's pocket.
David Braben, on YouTube said, "In theory, they could be given away to the child, with other ways of funding it.What they would do with it is they would be able to engage in a lot of things that we are all consumers of but not actually creators of: Understanding how you put together little scripts that might run websites, that might look at things like Facebook and Twitter, also email."
The developer of the computer expects the devices to be on sale within a year.
