USD100 notebook

Speed: 500MHz

OS :a 'light' version of Linux

Screen : two-modes color or black-and-white display for

view in bright sunlight at four times normal resolution,

Power: AC adapter or via a wind-up crank

10-to-1 crank rate- one minute gets ten minutes of power.


The laptops will be rugged and probably made of rubber.

4 USB ports

Wi-Fi

cell phone

1GB of memory

Internet
Each laptop will act as a node in a mesh peer-to-peer ad hoc network
allowing internet sharing on a single online connection.

Man I wish they will make this a reality soon. It will surely close the 'digital divide'. Imagine our kampung kids using USD100 notebooks !!!

More info from PC World Article and developer MIT Media Labs