The $9 computer wants you. CHIP heats up on Kickstarter
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 - 05:00
in Mathematics & Economics
Headlines about a computer's pricetag beyond consumer imaginations have been rolling in this week. They're calling it the Raspberry Pi killer. The crazy-cheap computer. The every-hacker's dream toy. By now you may have seen the stories about this $9 computer called CHIP. The computer is up on Kickstarter and aims to make some history and enough dollars to get it to market. CHIP is also making news simply based on its quick climb up to its crowdfunding goal, and far beyond. The team hoped to raise $50,000, to help them buy components, they said, "in extremely large quantities." They instead gathered $858,147 at the time of this writing with 25 days still left to go.