Raspberry Pi
The cheapest computer out there.
Computing for Less
Sam Kaplan
The Raspberry Pi is the cheapest computer out there. The bare, unprogrammed circuit board comes with a 700-megahertz processor, graphics processing unit, and 512 megabytes of RAM. To begin customizing the Pi, users connect a screen and keyboard and install the operating system Linux. Once set up, they can program it to do just about anything, from operating robotics, like Arduino can, to running Internet browsers and word processing programs, like a desktop computer can. And with a price tag just more than a moderate dinner out, experimentation is open to everyone. $35
2 Comments
To comment, please Login.
More Hardware
Digital Storm Aventum
A gaming PC with the ultimate temperature-control system. » Read
Grand Award Winner: Intel Ivy Bridge Microprocessor
A faster and more energy efficient microprocessor. » Read
Makerbot Replicator
3-D printing for all. » Read
Raspberry Pi
The cheapest computer out there. » Read
Leap Motion Leap
Moving beyond the mouse. » Read
EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX 690
A faster graphics card. » Read
ViaSat-1
High speed internet satellites for the most remote pockets of the US. » Read
Today on PopSci.com
Copyright © 2012 Popular Science
A Bonnier Corporation Company. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.
Beautiful.
I wish this was available 27 years ago. That would have been when I bought my son and I a laptop. Back then, we only enjoyed Dr. DOS and one hard drive and an external modem. What is this other another 'Radio Shack' type module? It's way cheaper to buy an ASUS fully loaded for the road than it would take here with peripherals. And this is the best of 2012 for 30 some bucks? Maybe a terrorist can use it. Me? Not worth my time nor my sons since he runs a fast AMD like me today.