India's Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal has 'launched' a $35 computer. The touch-screen, Linux-based device looks iPad-inspired. It emerged from a student project with a bill of material adding up to $47, a price that the minister wants to bring down to $10 'to take forward inclusive education'. It promises browser and PDF reader, wi-fi, 2GB memory, USB, Open Office, and multimedia content viewers and interfaces.
The device has been developed by Indian Institute of Technology and the Indian Institute of Science and is named as Sakshat tablet, and is aimed to be released by 2011 and will offer touchscreen abilities, PDF reader, an internet browser and a webcam..
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