From better bridges to more efficient cars: how pocket calculators changed the world

Now lying forgotten in many a drawer, the modern computer’s handheld predecessors heralded an era of effortless calculation — an innovation 42,000 years in the making. Now lying forgotten in many a drawer, the modern computer’s handheld predecessors heralded an era of effortless calculation — an innovation 42,000 years in the making.

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