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MOST MID-RANGE PIECES of technology, be it a smartphone or a laptop, can cost a pretty penny.
You’re looking at a couple of hundred for a low-end laptop, and up to at least €700 for the latest iPhone.
Cheap, basic computers already exist – most famously the Raspberry Pi, which costs in the region of €25 – but a new Kickstarter project aims to beat that.
Meet CHIP. It will cost around $9 (€8).
This tiny device has some decent specifications, with 512MB of memory and a 4GB hard drive along with both WiFi and Bluetooth capabilities.
This gives it all the capabilities to act as a personal computer, with all the basic functionality you would expect, but at a fraction of the cost and size.
With 27 days to go to raise $50,000 on Kickstarter, it has already raced past this target, currently inching close to the $400,000 mark.
Like the Rasperry Pi, which has been used to create everything from robots to cat feeders, CHIP could have a wide-range of applications. Its creators have already gone down one particular route with this, and created the Pocket Chip.
It costs more than the basic model, but has a touchscreen, keyboard, and a battery that can last as long as five hours.
That’s it. We’re getting rid of our smartphones.
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What a lovely resting place .
Rest in peace Edna.
On the literary map again with this brilliant country girl R.I.P. lass
codladh sàmh Edna.
Farewell Edna, ‘A prophet is never honoured in their own country’
Loved her analysis of Ernest Hemingway and the documentary pertaining to him.
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