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Cool. I want one.]]>Feb 5th 2008 3:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/
A calculator, pepper dispenser, paperweight, pencil sharpener, hair dryer, shaver, deodorant stick, illumination device, the list does on.]]>Feb 5th 2008 5:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/
That really doesn't work, it just looks like you accidentally dropped the cursor in the middle of the word before typing 'gadget' :P

Cool device though!]]>Feb 5th 2008 3:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/
cool!]]>Feb 5th 2008 4:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/
http://www.vcalc.net/images2/Master20s-860x562.jpg
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But, even though they are wrong the camp was ran by the Soviets long after WWII for political prisoners. I doubt they had it much better. ]]>Feb 5th 2008 4:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/
You guys might know something about gadgets but you don't know zip about history.
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The article said it was conceived in the prison camp. 1948 is the year it was actually built. ]]>Feb 5th 2008 4:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/
It was made in 1948. I had read it wrong as well...

I just didn't get all pissed about it and take it personally.]]>Feb 5th 2008 4:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/What a sweet piece of engineering!]]>Feb 5th 2008 5:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/Feb 5th 2008 5:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/Feb 5th 2008 5:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/Feb 5th 2008 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/
You might need to be a certain type to see its incredible beauty (roughly a cross between a mathematician and a computer scientist, which I am.) But if you are the type, there is something magical about it.
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/Sid stares...]]>Feb 5th 2008 6:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/
Getting one of these through airport security would be probably be a great time as you try to explain why your calculator looks like a cross between a DiVinci inspired mechanical grenade and a peppercorn grinder. If you thought you got a lot of flak for having more than a couple ounces of lotion...
]]>Feb 5th 2008 6:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/because it wud be crazy if he invented this out of thin air!]]>Feb 5th 2008 6:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/
After WWII, a manufacturing plant in Lichtenstein signed a deal with Herzstark to make the Curta. Interestingly, once his design was in production, he had very little to do with the ongoing concerns of marketing, manufacturing or development of the Curta Type II.

I just bought Curta #43632, a Type 1 on eBay. It is simply beautiful - everything is machined from stainless steel and aluminum (including the rotary number plates). Even though mine was made in the 60s, it still functions and looks brand new. People simply do not craft things like the Curta anymore.]]>Feb 5th 2008 6:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/
And you don't have to count the wheel up & down :-P

Still, a wonderful device.]]>Feb 5th 2008 7:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/]]>Feb 5th 2008 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/
A GOOD condition working Curta will easily go for $1000+ on eBay. Awesome little things.]]>Feb 5th 2008 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/Feb 5th 2008 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/Feb 5th 2008 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/Feb 5th 2008 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/Feb 5th 2008 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/Feb 5th 2008 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/Feb 5th 2008 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/
http://giftgadgetgateway.com]]>Feb 6th 2008 3:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/hisgadgetoric-the-curta-mechanical-calculator-peppers-our-eyes/Feb 9th 2008 1:22PM