calculators
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The World’s First Handheld Calculator Is Up for Auction
They can do everything from plot complex equations to even play games like Doom (if you have enough rotting potatoes) but the handheld calculator started out as a very simple device capable of performing just four basic mathematical calculations. One of the very first prototypes, created by Texas Instruments back in the mid-’60s, is going…
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Engineers Will Love This Dead Calculator Hacked Into A Wireless Keyboard
On the surface, hacking a broken calculator to serve as a Bluetooth “keyboard” for a calculator app on a smartphone seems like hacking for hacking’s sake. But we all know how frustrating a touchscreen keyboard can be for anything but short messages, so for engineers or mathematicians crunching numbers all day, this hack might actually…
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Someone Built A (Mostly) Working Calculator Out Of Cardboard And Marbles
We all have our hobbies. Some people paint miniatures. Others play tennis. A fellow who calls himself “lapinozz” likes to construct calculators out of marbles and cardboard. I know, it sounds like a bizarre episode of MacGyver, but this is a real thing.
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This Little Professor Calculator Unboxing Video Is Hilarious
Unboxing videos are generally a complete waste of YouTube storage. But what about when you’ve just laid your hands on… a Little Professor calculator?