What does a $5 Raspberry Pi mean?

THIS BREAKS MY BRAIN...

What does it mean to live in a world where you can get a computer for $5.  I am talking about a computer that can connect to a monitor with HDMI, a keyboard, mouse, and wifi (over usb).    I am not talking about a headless microcontroller like and Arduino.  This is a real PC.  For FIVE DOLLARS!

This computer is more powerful than a $1 Million mainframe from the mid 60s.




That means that anyone in the world can get on a computer running free open source operating system and gain access to the the same internet that I get on with my $2000 Mac.  It is crazy when you think about what you can do on this thing:

- Stream Netflix
- Listen to streaming music
- Code in almost any language
- Run a web server
- Run a database server
- Control external hardware (like Arduino)
- Check email
- Facebook (or anything you can do in a browser)
- Read this blog

With mesh networking, you can give this to kids with a cheap KVM setup anywhere in the world and you have just democratized computing.  Kids that do not have access to phones, cars, or even bikes could have a computer, learn to code, and start building skills that will get them out of poverty.

I can't stop thinking about all the possibilities.

WHAT IF?????