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Calculators Timeline

By Ashanti Magsby
  • 500 BCE

    First Calculator

    First Calculator
    Abacus

  • First Basic Mechanical Calculator

    First Basic Mechanical Calculator
    Blaise Pascal - Creates first basic mechanical calulator

  • First Commercially Successful Calculator

    First Commercially Successful Calculator
    William Seward Burroughs - First commercially successful calculator created

  • Millionaire Calculator

    Millionaire Calculator
    Otto Steiger - "Millionaire machine

  • The First Graphing Calculator

    The First Graphing Calculator
    The world’s first graphing calculator was invented in 1985 by Casio. It was still primitive compared to today’s calculators, only having an eight line dot matrix, a black and white display, and less than half a kilobyte of memory. But, it proved the concept with its 82 scientific functions and the enlarged display.

  • Calculators in Cell Phones

    Calculators in Cell Phones
    In 1993 IBM Simon invented the Personal Communicator. It was a cell phone with an added PDA functions like email, calendar, and a calculator. It was the beginning of calculators in cell phones. This made calculators widely accessible and available for everyone to use

  • First Handheld Calulator

    First Handheld Calulator
    The first handheld calculator is developed by Texas Instruments Inc.Texas instruments utilized the use of Integrated circuit to create the first calulator that is smaller than about the size of a desktop. Cite:

  • Today

    Today
    In the mid 2000s, many of the modern smart phones were introduced and with them came a new way of calculation. Calculators are now in every phone, every tablet, and in every app store. Calculators now come in many different variations, from a 1$ simple calculator to a 600$ fully featured graphing calculator. This has made calculation available to nearly everyone.