We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.——-Marshall McLuhan

The $10 Laptop by the Govt of India

olpc-xo-2-2_500The laptop has been developed by Indian Institute of Science (IISc) & Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai. Though technology has been developed by IISc & IIT, laptop will be manufactured in collaboration with a private company. The laptop is expected to be launched in another 6 months (which should be right about now). The prototype was launched by Arjun Singh, human resource developement minister on 3rd of Feb at Tirupati. Human resource developement ministry says this is India’s answer to MITs $100 laptop.

Here is a Times of India Report from Feb 09 just before the prototype was displayed

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