Eduwise

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Intel's Eduwise rural laptop concept

Sometimes called "Intel's answer to the MIT's $100 laptop", the world's biggest chip manufacturer called the $100 laptop a $100 gadget and introduced its concept for a "rural" laptop, codenamed Eduwise. The company wants to create a competing device that will most probably not be more expensive than $400. Unlike the $100 laptop which is powered by AMDs Geode processor the device will run one of Intel's low-comsumption chips. It may run Microsoft Windows or an open source operating system (such as Linux). The device should be wireless enabled, probably featuring a Wi-Fi network card.

Eduwise should contain e-teaching software to allow student-teacher interaction and easy classroom cooperation. It will also give the teacher the ability to control students activity - like what Internet sites the kids visit. Intel announced a plan to first deploy supply 300,000 Mexican teachers with the device. Intel also plans to extend teacher training to 400,000 teachers in Mexico through the Intel Teach to the Future program by 2010.