Culturally, the product peaked in 1981 when the pioneering German electro band Kraftwerk released a single titled "Pocket Calculator" from its "Computer World" album.
Personal organizer with calculator, calendar, alarm clock, world clock, stop watch and notepad.
In the 1970s he founded a company called Kimpo, which became the world's largest contract manufacturer of calculators.
Texas Instruments went on to become one of the world's major producers of semiconductor chips, microcomputers, and handheld calculators.
Such calculators allow people to compare their own estimated carbon footprints with the national and world averages.
For the traveler who is trying to pack light for a long trip, the device also includes other convenient features like an MP3 player, currency and metric converters, a calculator and a world clock.
Antikythera mechanism should be the oldest astronomical geared calculator in the world.
After inventing the D.S.P. chip in the early 1980's, Texas Instruments, the technology company in Dallas that is probably best known for its electronic calculators, is the world leader in developing these chips.
THE last thing Japan's camera makers thought they needed was a newcomer elbowing into the picture especially Casio Computer, a firm that honed its skills in the cut-throat world of calculators and digital watches.
Some are making calculators in imaginary worlds.
He graduated with a degree in electrical engineering and soon founded his first company, a pocket calculator maker that became the world's largest manufacturer.
