$100-laptop unveiled

A hand-cranked laptop that will cost roughly $100 has been unveiled at a UN summit. The $100 laptop – nicknamed the "Green Machine" for its vivid green casing – was developed by One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), a Delaware-based, non-profit organization created by faculty members from the MIT Media Lab to design, manufacture, and distribute laptops that are sufficiently inexpensive to provide every child in the world access to knowledge and modern forms of education. It was demonstrated on Wednesday at the UN's World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunisia, by chairman of MIT's media laboratory, Nicholas Negroponte.

The $100 Laptop will be a Linux-based, will run on 500 MHz CPU (Processor) by AMD, 1 GB of flash memory (no hard drive), 8" diagonal display (dual LCD Colour/Black & White mode for power conservation and outdoor reading), 128 MB of DRAM, WIFI support and 4 USB ports.