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The World’s First Handheld Calculator Is Up for Auction – Gizmodo Australia
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…
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 up for auction, and is one of the rare times when buying a physical calculator not an app makes sense.
Even three decades ago, calculators had evolved so far they…
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