Comments on: Wizard Pocket Calculator http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/02/wizard-pocket-calculator/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:00:37 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: A C Moore http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/02/wizard-pocket-calculator/comment-page-1/#comment-1069966 A C Moore Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:55:03 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/02/wizard-pocket-calculator/#comment-1069966 The one big problem I see with it is this. It could not possibly work today since it can only reckon up to 1 Billion U.S. (1 mil millones para los hispanoparlantes or 1 milliard for our British cousins). We would need something that could do well into the trillions so we could calculate the interest on the national debt. The upside is that this: 1) takes no batteries, 2) is not solar powered so you can use it in low lighting or even the dark (if it had a Braille option), 3) zero carbon emissions. The one big problem I see with it is this. It could not possibly work today since it can only reckon up to 1 Billion U.S. (1 mil millones para los hispanoparlantes or 1 milliard for our British cousins). We would need something that could do well into the trillions so we could calculate the interest on the national debt.

The upside is that this: 1) takes no batteries, 2) is not solar powered so you can use it in low lighting or even the dark (if it had a Braille option), 3) zero carbon emissions.

]]> By: La PDA de tungsteno http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/02/wizard-pocket-calculator/comment-page-1/#comment-1804 La PDA de tungsteno Fri, 09 Jun 2006 08:32:02 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/06/02/wizard-pocket-calculator/#comment-1804 <strong>Un dispositivo de bolsillo de 1960… con stylus...</strong> Hoy vuelven con nosotros los post “retro”, que nos recuerdan que la tecnología no es algo exclusivo de estos últimos años. Muxfin, autor del blog Colgado de las telecomunicaciones, me envía un enlace al folleto de un curioso aparato, fa...... Un dispositivo de bolsillo de 1960… con stylus…

Hoy vuelven con nosotros los post “retro”, que nos recuerdan que la tecnología no es algo exclusivo de estos últimos años. Muxfin, autor del blog Colgado de las telecomunicaciones, me envía un enlace al folleto de un curioso aparato, fa……

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