Engineer e-reader information
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Engineer e-reader information
The device can display content stored on SD cards on a conventional television. Developer Braddock Glaskill wants to give students access to knowledge. 50 prototypes of the "Human Reader", he has produced.
In the production costs of up to 35 Humane Reader (image: Braddock Gaskill).
Software engineer Braddock Glaskill in Pasadena Radio Club has introduced an e-reader, which costs in production are $ 20 and works with 8-bit technology. 50 prototypes of its Human Reader, he has already built.
The content is stored on a simple SD card. A copy with 2 GB of memory can store the contents of about 5,000 books, and also an offline version of Wikipedia in different languages has it place.
The Humane Reader has connections for a conventional TV and a keyboard. This can be searched for text or text excerpts. An Internet connection is not necessary.
From a production of 10,000 units of the Humane Reader will cost under $ 20 – less than a single book. Otherwise the price is around $ 35 per unit. The reader is designed for use in developing countries. Glaskill is currently looking for a partner institution that could distribute the prototypes.
Its technology is Glaskill non-governmental organizations (NGOs), teachers, nonprofit and other organizations are available. It is under the Creative Commons Attribute Share-Alike License (hardware) and the GNU Public License v3 (software).
One study (PDF) of the Organisation for International Development, according to OECD and UNESCO have only 20 percent of the inhabitants of developing a computer or Internet access. But often they have but one on TV. This fact will Gaskill use for his project.
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