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20 slide presentation that I gave as part of Ignite Berlin. Shares some of the insights I've learned on the path to distributing a low-power computer in rural Africa and our view on the PC market - namely that Intel/AMD overserve most people's needs and that if computer adoption is really going to take off, we need to start thinking of computers as appliances.
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Appliance Computers for the
$1/day Crowd
Mercy Foundation, Ghana
Barriers to Consumption
+ + UI
Intel/AMD Overshoot most
needs
25Km (on these roads) to an Internet Cafe?
$1/hour to write an email!?
Computer as Appliance
Most people just want
• = only
option
Who needs > 200Mhz?
“Good Enough” Computer Appliances
Runs off:
Less Expensive (and Smelly) than
Diesel?
5 Minute Learning Curve
Empower Everyone
ALEUTIA E1 (just 8W)
And Internet how?
Mesh Networks + GPRS
“Killer Apps” Same as 90s
Someday $10?