BANGALORE: The advantages of a laptop and a desktop now come together as cabtop, thanks to Bhargavi, a house wife from Hyderabad who came to Bangalore, the IT, to materialise the idea. Though Bhargavi completed only her PU, she wanted to do something more. The TEPP (Technophiles Promotion Programme) and DSIR (Department of Science and Industrial Research) Govt of India, helped her financially to prepare a model of cabtop. The idea of cabtop was started with a simple question — why can’t a machine incorporate both the features of a PC and a laptop. The cabtop can be carried anywhere like laptops, but in a bigger suitcase. Unlike the desktop, it has only one cable. All the hardware components are behind the monitor and the SMPS (system of power supply) and DVD drives are at the base. It can work separately as a TV and a computer. It can also turn on the TV and play DVD without turning on the CPU despite having only one power input. “The DVD player gets power supply from the same SMPS as the monitor. “Also there’s an integrated TV tuner card to watch TV. The cabtop has built-in speakers too,” says Bhargavi. With a 2GB RAM and a 320GB hard drive, the cabtop weights about 10 kilogrammes. The important feature according to Bhargavi is that it does not require too many wire connections as a desktop. The configuration of the cabtop is as per users choice and it can be upgraded as required. Bhargavi has designed cabtops that come in 17, 19 and 21 inches. But here is the interesting news. All existing desktops with LCD ot CST monitors can be converted into cabtops. The cabtop has been certified by the CMERC (Central Mechanical Engineering Institute), Durgapur, a lab run by the Indian government. “My husband has been a big support,” says Bhargavi. And to this her husband Ranga Reddy says, “Bhargavi’s goal was to introduce something new to the world instead of sitting idle at home’’.
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