USB stick PC for $25

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David Braben is a very known game developer, the chief of the UK development studio Frontier Developments, but is even as known for being the co-developer of Elite.

The studio he's working in brought Rollercoaster Tycoon series, Thrillville, Lost Winds, and most lately Kinectimals. Along these functions, he's trying to get programming and general computer learning back in schools.

Braben debates that pedagogy since we acceded the 2000s has converted towards ICT which instructs utile skills such as composing documents in a word processing system, how to make presentations, and primary computer use skills.




His answer isn't to create his personal trend, but alternatively to construct a very low-priced microcomputer that can be donated to kids and classes built up around their use. When we state low-priced, we think of so low even the OLPC would be struck.

David Braben has produced a small USB stick PC that features a HDMI port in one end and a USB port on the other. This microcomputer can be plugged into a HDMI socket, then plug in a keyboard via the USB port applying you a fully running PC running a version of Linux. The cost for this device? $25.



features:
  • 700Mhz ARM 11 processor
  • 128MB of Ram
  • OpenGL ES 2.0
  • 1080p output
  • 12MP camera
  • Ubuntu OS
This Tiny PC will be distributed through Raspberry Pi Foundation
via BBC News

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