You know your kid is going to grow up to be a nerd when their best childhood friend is a plush calculator that they unimaginatively titled “Mr. Math.”
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No matter how much you try and dress it up like a game, A calculator is still a calculator and math is still math. Of course, I still add and subtract with my fingers so I could only play 2-player games on something like this and let my buddy do all the work.
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The answer is yes…if you pulled that piece of chocolate out of a skunks ass. Seriously, there is a very distinct skunky smell to this supposedly chocolate-scented solar calculator. It’s really small too—even compared to a mass-produced, cost-cut candy bar in 2010.
Unfortunately, Math: The Video Game has a serious uphill battle ahead of it. On the other hand, the X-Cool calculator might come in handy as a gaming training aid that you can practice with at school or at the office.
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It’s a Lego, it’s a calculator, it’s all kinds of fun. Although I’d imagine it’s still not enjoyable enough to make people actually want to do math. In today’s world, if you really want to get some interest going, you’d have to create something like a breast shaped calculator that has 24 pressable, problem solving nipples. That would be money in the bank, my friend.
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Is it a tape measurer?
Why, yes it is!
Is it a note pad and a calculator?
Guilty as charged.
Is it a LED flashlight?
You bet.
Why, I would mortgage my house for a miracle, space-age tool like this. How much does it cost?
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Multi-tasking just got a whole lot easier (and more stylish) now that the MoMA store is carrying Naori Miyazaki’s Mobile Calculator. The thin cell phone inspired design looks great and it makes it possible to do your calculations using only one hand. I’m not too thrilled about the display, but it does feature a clock function—which is always useful. Then again, an actual cell phone has all of these functions as well, which makes this entire concept kind of redundant.
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Tired of being shook down for your calculator by the bigger nerds in school? This padlock design calculator will help keep your precious equations safe.
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Uh, last time I checked most cellphones had a calculator built-in. So, you know…wtf. It does have a mirror though—so it is not completely useless.
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