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July 23, 2010

The cheapest touch screen computer in the world

iPad, watch out. India has developed what is heralded as the world's cheapest touch screen computing device.

It costs about $35.

The goal is to get the device into the hands of students in India, and to drop the price eventually to $10. It runs on the Linux operating system, and features a touch screen, Web browser, video conferencing capability and even an option for running on solar energy.

Check out a report by Reuters on the gadget.

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About Gus G. Sentementes

Gus G. Sentementes (@gussent on Twitter) has been writing for The Baltimore Sun since 2000. He's covered real estate, business, prisons, and suburban and Baltimore City crime and cops. He was one of the first reporters at The Sun to use multimedia tools and Web applications -- a video camera, an iPhone -- to cover breaking news. He hopes to cover Maryland geeks and the gadgets and Web sites they build, and learn -- and share -- something new every day.

Gus has a wife, a young daughter and two feuding cats. They live in Northeast Baltimore.

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