Why everybody wants a slice of Raspberry Pi

Nick Glass, CNN
Updated 12:43 PM EST, Tue January 8, 2013
Resembling little more than a credit card-sized scrap of exposed circuit board, the Raspberry Pi is a fully programmable PC that runs a free, open-source Linux operating system, plugs into any TV, can power 3D graphics and connects to the Internet.
The smallest, cheapest computer in the world —
Resembling little more than a credit card-sized scrap of exposed circuit board, the Raspberry Pi is a fully programmable PC that runs a free, open-source Linux operating system, plugs into any TV, can power 3D graphics and connects to the Internet.
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Eben Upton, the UK-based University of Cambridge professor and inventor behind the wallet-friendly PC, says he set out to create a computer so affordable -- prices range from $25-$35 -- that every child in Britain could have one.
Eben Upton, the UK-based University of Cambridge professor and inventor behind the wallet-friendly PC, says he set out to create a computer so affordable -- prices range from $25-$35 -- that every child in Britain could have one.
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"They're designed to be cheap enough that a child can buy on with their pocket money ... [and] cheap enough that you could equip a whole classroom for under a $1000," Upton (pictured) says.
"They're designed to be cheap enough that a child can buy on with their pocket money ... [and] cheap enough that you could equip a whole classroom for under a $1000," Upton (pictured) says.
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Upton speaking with CNN's Nick Glass. His invention will also makes a very good entry-level productivity computers for the developing world, he says.
Upton speaking with CNN's Nick Glass. His invention will also makes a very good entry-level productivity computers for the developing world, he says.
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Raspberry Pi serves up coding for kids