Judging by the OLPC XO-3 concept, which Nick wants for $75 by 2012, it’s really easy to make expensive stuff very cheap.
Now it looks like he is ready to get into the cars for emerging markets. His first foray is meant to be a compact two-seater, designed for short trips in all dirt road areas and he intends to sell it by 2012 for $300. It’s called the TISIYDN. It stands for “This is Sarcasm If You Didn’t Notice.” If you also didn’t notice, it looks just like a Ferrari that sells for $250,000, but somehow through good will and intentions it can be produced very cheap.
I don’t get why if we want to get things out there for people to use, and the US alone has a tremendous recycling problem, that we don’t do something to solve those problems instead of promising hardware that all of the tech geeks lust over that can’t be purchased at any price, and claiming that you are going to sell it about what a high end pair of jeans costs.
Take a look at this thing…$75 by 2012? Sign me up for 3 at twice that price. Categorized under daydreaming and too good to be true.
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