Wired has an excellent story here about Mary Lou Jepsen the uber-tech who didn’t leave the drawing board until she produced a $100 laptop. (Something bloated tech-corporations said couldn’t be done…I wonder why?) She is developing inexpensive, low-power, easy-to-read, LCD-based screens that will go into anything from netbooks to low-priced eBook Readers.
This is the kind of innovation the eBook Revolution needs. Starting it off in the ‘non-profit’ sector makes sense, and eventually trickles through to the ‘for-profit’ sector as users put two and two together and realize that most of their tech is overpriced. Smart companies will listen to their demands for the same fair treatment and access to the fairly priced tech. (Again, how many times do we have to pay for the same research and development?)
