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Group of students developing $12 PC

Machine would be an upgrade to current uber-cheap boxes

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Computing | by Evan Blass | Mon Aug 4, 2008 1:44PM | 0 comments

A group of graduate students from around the world are in the midst of building an Apple II-based computer for developing countries that would retail for just $12, which they showed off at this month's MIT International Development Design Summit. While such inexpensive TV-connected PCs are currently available, they lack the internal storage of the MIT-unveiled project, which is also hoping to leverage growing wireless infrastructures to provide internet connectivity via tethered cellphones.

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