[LUAU] Interesting article - $100 laptop being developed at MIT

Robert Green aloha_moon at yahoo.com
Tue Nov 1 23:26:34 PST 2005


Considering the reports I have heard about air pollution and other
pollution problems in in China, I think it would be a drop in the
bucket, and worth the trade off. With any luck, they will have some
better methods of handling IC and circuit board waste recycling in the
years to come.

--- Tim Newsham <newsham at lava.net> wrote:

> > They're targetting developing nations, but this could be a real
> boon
> [...]
> > laptop, in my opinion. Heck, with the dynamo crank, its even
> enviro-friendly!
> 
> That is really cool!  I just hope that in 5-10 years we dont have a
> few
> billion laptops going into landfills in developing countries.
> 
> Tim Newsham
> http://www.lava.net/~newsham/
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