If you are interested in building your very own RPN calculator you might be interested in a new project published to the Instructables website this week by member Shiura. Using a CNC machine, the ...

As the smartphone has eaten ever more of the gatgets with which we once surrounded ourselves, it’s with some sadness that we note the calculator becoming a less common sight. It’s with pleasure then ...

Today is a happy day for engineers everywhere. Well at least for those of us of a certain vintage. HP is introducing a retro model of its first hand-held scientific calculator, the HP-35, to mark the ...

As Micky Mouse (1928–) once famously said: “Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes.” As Micky Mouse (1928–) once famously said: “Arithmetic is being able to count ...

RPN is slightly more efficient, but infix is vastly more readable. In this case, ease of use wins over efficiency hands down. I write in infix, think in infix, program in infix, why would I change all ...

The iPhone’s original calculator was, to be blunt, a sad little thing. It performed the basic sort of functions that you’d find in your everyday $1 solar credit-card calculator. It was, at least in ...

For [Robert]’s entry into The Hackaday Prize, he’s starting off with some basic questions. What’s better than a Nixie tube? More Nixies. What’s better than a calculator? An RPN calculator. What do you ...