03/19/2012, I do remember that there was some sort of argument some time back, where in the blue corner stood supporters of the calculator, while at the opposite corner were abacus fans. Needless to say, the abacus beat the calculator when [...]
01/19/2012, While Doom can be found running on smartphones and portable consoles of today, there’s something about playing the game on a calculator which gives it an even more nostalgic feel. We previously reported about Doom running on a TI graphing [...]
04/25/2011, With almost everybody (including school kids) around the world owning a cellphone in today’s society, it’s hard to justify the need for a calculator anymore. But famous robot designer Tatsuya Matsui seems to think otherwise. Kokuyo has just announced the [...]
09/07/2010, Now that the PS3 jailbreak code is out in the wild, you shouldn’t be too surprised to hear that all sorts of hacks are surfacing to allow various devices to jailbreak the PS3, allowing users to backup their games to [...]
08/10/2010, Equip your child with the latest $150 Texas Instruments TI-Nspire graphing calculator when he/she gets back to school, assuming there is a subject which will require this gadget. Capable of seeing action from middle school through college, the TI-Nspire graphing calculator [...]
04/05/2010, Something as staple as a TI-84 graphing calculator has now gotten a touchscreen display, thanks to the efforts of Owen. To achieve this, he had to write some z80 assembly code in order to use the linkport as a UART. [...]
03/31/2010, Calculators are supposed to be passe these days, but the Canon KS-120TKR calculator takes a different route since it comes with a USB Wireless Dongle that enables you to hook it up to a PC or Mac, doubling as an [...]
03/08/2010, We’re not too sure which kid uses an actual calculator these days, but here’s something that rides on the coat tails of Apple’s success (in terms of its naming convention only, of course) – the i-Calculator. What makes it so [...]
12/15/2009, Something tells me that the designer of the X-Cool calculator is stuck in the 1980s – just take a look at its gaudy design and color scheme, and say it isn’t so! This is definitely not the calculator to purchase [...]
06/30/2009, Texas Instruments’ graphing calculators are pretty nifty devices in their own right since they pack quite a punch underneath the hood, and the TI-83+SE, TI-84+ and TI-84+SE calculators can now do more than make sure your calculations are up to [...]