Experimental sub-$50 I-slate tablet proceeding to full-scale production
The I-slate tablet computer, designed for use in impoverished rural schools in developing nations, is about to enter full-scale production
(Photo: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University)
Last year, a unique new educational device was tested with a group of school children. The device was the I-slate, an ultra-low-cost tablet computer that is being developed by the Institute for Sustainable and Applied Infodynamics (ISAID), a joint venture of Houston's Rice University and Singapore's Nanyang Technological University. The 10 to 13 year-old children were students at a rural school near Hyderabad, India. The tablet is designed for use in such impoverished schools, as each unit is expected to sell for less than US$50, and future models will run on solar power. Now that the field tests are complete and the results have been analyzed, the I-slate is set to go into full production.
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