Mother Nature Network, 11 Oct 2011Inventors are currently working on a high-tech learning tool that can be powered by solar energy for use in Indian classrooms without electricity. The i-slate is an electronic tablet being developed by researchers from Rice University in Houston, Texas and researchers from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.
The first round of I-slates will be pre-loaded with lessons for mathematics, science and social studies, according to Rice researchers. Developers in Switzerland, Singapore and the U.S. are creating the first production version of the low-power computer chip. Solar-powered I-slates containing the new chips are due for production in mid-2012. Full story
