In the course of the 1970s, handheld electronic calculators transformed the way tens of millions of people did arithmetic. Engineers abandoned slide rules, business people gave up desktop calculating ...

While we might have started out using our fingers and toes to count, humanity has been busy designing machines to help with calculations for hundreds of years. From early counting devices to modern ...

For a brief time in the 1970s, the calculator represented the height of office design chic. Desktop calculators came in pops of primary colors or encased in wood paneling. They were expensive. Elite.

Watching this video of Friden EC-132 electronic calculators provides a nostalgic trip down memory lane. Watching this video of Friden EC-132 electronic calculators provides a nostalgic trip down ...