Feb 21

TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition Review: Math in Color!

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The new TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition isn’t the first color-screen graphing calculator. It isn’t even TI’s first color graphing calculator, a distinction claimed by the TI-Nspire CX and its sibling the TI-Nspire CX CAS. However, the TI-84+CSE, as we’re abbreviating it, is a major milestone in the 17-year-old TI-83 and TI-84 Plus family of calculators. Although it retains the look and feel of the TI-84 Plus operating system, and keeps the familiar case shape and key layout, the outstanding feature of the TI-84+CSE is a bright, glossy color LCD screen. No longer will math and programs need to squeeze into 96 by 64 monochrome pixels; the new screen is 320×240 and can display 65,000 different colors. More »

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Jan 15

How Many Cushions Would You Need To Build the Ultimate Pillow Fort?

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Just because you’ve grown into a responsible adult doesn’t mean you can’t occasionally enjoy the simple pleasure of building a pillow fort. But why stop at the crude one-person shacks you built as a kid? With this calculator, and plenty of disposable income, you can assemble a cushion command center on a much grander scale. More »

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Dec 03

How Can Portal Look This Unbelievably Amazing On a Graphing Calculator?

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If you thought spelling out childish messages was the only fun you could have with a calculator, think again. Some incredibly talented hacker who goes by the handle Builderboy has written a Portal clone for Texas Instruments Ti-83 and Ti-84 graphing calculators. More »

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Nov 29

You Won’t Believe How Much Graphing Calculators Have Changed

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Twenty-seven years after introducing the world’s first graphing calculator, Casio has developed its most sophisticated educational Game Boy ever. Indeed, the new Casio fx-CP400’s 320 x 528 resolution screen isn’t just color—it’s a freaking touchscreen that flips from vertical to horizontal. That’s a far cry from the drab 94 x 64 display on the the Casio fx-7000G from 1985. More »

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Nov 10

The TI-84 Is Finally Going to Join Us In the Future With A Color Screen

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Graphing calculator screens have always been behind the times. Even years ago, before smartphones, graphing calculator screens weren’t nearly has good as their portable gaming counterparts. Now it seems an old favorite, the TI-84, is finally, finally getting an upgrade to color. Why? Why not. More »

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