Various Calculators and Their Stories
Unusual Uses
Tradicionalni kineski abacus
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Various calculator manufacturers all over the world have saturated the market, and in order to stand out, some manufacturers have started combining calculators with other useful objects in order to sell more of their products.
Thus, we have gotten calculator alarm clocks, calculator lighters, calculator synthesizers, calculator radios, rubber calculators that could be folded like paper and stored in a pocket, calculators that look like chocolate bars and smell like chocolate...
Thus, we have gotten calculator alarm clocks, calculator lighters, calculator synthesizers, calculator radios, rubber calculators that could be folded like paper and stored in a pocket, calculators that look like chocolate bars and smell like chocolate...
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Tradicionalni kineski abacus
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The Craziest Calculator
Crazy experiments with calculators were pushed to the limit by Scottish scientist James Gimzewski, who in 1997 produced the world's smallest calculator in the IBM laboratory, with a diameter of less than one millionth of a millimeter.
It was an abacus whose beads were molecules of carbon 60. Of course, Gimzewski wanted to show that he was able to move extremely small objects, and not introduce microscopes into the calculation process.
It was an abacus whose beads were molecules of carbon 60. Of course, Gimzewski wanted to show that he was able to move extremely small objects, and not introduce microscopes into the calculation process.
VL Tone
When VL Tone appeared on the market in 1980, it was introduced as a calculator with a synthesizer, but it soon became clear that the synthesizer was the more important component of this unusual device.
Namely, the ability to program your own sound (ADSR) using eight adjustable variables created unprecedented possibilities for numerous musicians worldwide.
Namely, the ability to program your own sound (ADSR) using eight adjustable variables created unprecedented possibilities for numerous musicians worldwide.
From the global hit "Da, Da, Da" by the German group Trio, to the local scene and the song "Kokolo" by the band Magazin, and even to the soundtrack of the video game Minecraft, the 8-bit sound of this device defined an entire musical era.