A $25 Computer that’s Built to Inspire

Intriguing idea!

A few specs on Raspberry Pi, beyond its OS: it has a 700MHz ARM-based processor and 128 MB of RAM; a HDMI port on one end means you can plug it into a screen, while a USB port on the other end lets you hook it up to a keyboard.

The computer is at prototype stage currently, but Braben outlined a plan of action for mass-producing it. He thinks he could bring the device out of beta within a few months, then hopes to sell the UK government and corporate sponsors on issuing it to school kids around the UK, some 750,000 of them.

So, if you have more than one kid who gets one of these l’il computers, you better have 3 HDTVs in the house so they can do their homework and you can watch “Mad Men” (er… or, “Dr. Who” if you’re in the UK, I guess).