LAS VEGAS — Remember the Casio calculator? The humble digital
abacus that has been pimped in every possible form, including that geek
icon, the calculator watch?
With all the fuss over Casio’s rather splendid 1000fps Exilim FC100
here at CES 2009, it’s easy to forget the humble calculator, but here
they are at the show, proudly on display in the center of the Casio
booth.
The Casio booth girl approached me. "Would you like to know all
about Casio calculators?" she asked. I scoffed. What could you tell me,
a boy who was so pleased with the calculator (Casio) he received for
his tenth birthday that he actually took it to bed that night? And the
next night. The answer is, of course, an arrogant "nothing".
I just took the photos. And upon getting back to Wired’s CES HQ, a monolithic box that resembles the one in Kubrick masterwork 2001 (if Kubrick had made his monolith out of MDF and trestle tables), I took another look at the photo. Can you see it?
Yes. It has a "replay" button. Why? What is that there for? I want
to head back to the Casio booth to ask, but I’m embarrassed by my
earlier behavior. Really, though, it doesn’t really matter. The only
useful upgrade that Casio could make is to add a mode that
automatically spells out rude words when you turn the handset upside
down. Every schoolboy would buy one.
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