experimenting

arm9 LPC3180 micro-controller

this thing is pretty awesome.

http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20060131183151858/print

200mhz
floating point unit
low power
usb host mode
$7 in quantity

expect some incredibly awesome devices for christmas using this thing this year.

usb host mode is great because you can buy a $5 usb wifi dongle and you have all that awesomeness WIRELESS!

the $100 laptop is not so hot anymore. i'm thinking that in a couple years when display prices crash we can have a pretty reasonable $20 laptop. still too expensive for most people in the world, but it's getting there.