http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/ Engadget Comments for DIYer constructs 4.3-inch Open SciCal graphing calculator, puts your TI-83+ to shame http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/Aug 7th 2010 3:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/Aug 7th 2010 3:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/Aug 7th 2010 3:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/Aug 7th 2010 5:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/
I am happy with the power of my TI-83+, I just want a goddamn color screen.]]>Aug 7th 2010 6:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/
As long as you aren't clapping about "has absolutely no reception issues when held as shown in the image above? "

Earth to Engadget, we know this is a joke, however. You continue to say how you can get the HTC X, Droid Y (I'd regularly use "x" in this siutiation) and Blackberry Z to lose signal with a death grip...however, no one death grips a phone and only 1 phone on the market loses signal when held in such an everyday usage scenario.

The death grip is not something you should have to look for, which Engadget now does in every phone review, and is successful finding since this isn't the grip they use to find it. Come the iPhone 5, the search for the death grip will probably be a thing of the past, because Apple (hopefully) won't have this problem using the grip in the image above. ]]>Aug 7th 2010 6:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/
Except it's actually $450 plus a lot of time. Considering an HTC Android for the same price also has camera, capacitive (not resistive) screen, GSM, etc. etc. etc... I suspect it'd more practical to root a random HTC Android and get R running on that.]]>Aug 7th 2010 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/
Id settle for a high-res screen. My TI-83 makes really bad looking graphs. Especially when I compared them to the graphs from a 2 dollar app on my iPhone. ]]>Aug 7th 2010 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://xkcd.com/768/]]>Aug 7th 2010 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/Aug 7th 2010 3:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/Too bad you could never use this in College/highshool; at least not without some modifications. That Wifi+Web browser would make it extremely easy to cheat, but I could see this being used in a professional environment a lot. ]]>Aug 7th 2010 3:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/Aug 7th 2010 3:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/What if you used a smaller screen and put it in the shell of a TI calculator?]]>Aug 7th 2010 3:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/Highscool i could see no problem with. Theyre not gonna know it has net capabilities. Hell, most of my teachers wouldve just been "Oh woah thats a cool calculator.]]>Aug 7th 2010 4:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/Lol, that might work. But then again, you could do that with any modern phone today.]]>Aug 7th 2010 4:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/
If you could find a screen like the one in the TI83 and a ti83, I imagine you could hack this into it.

Then you would have an instant win...]]>Aug 7th 2010 4:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/Aug 7th 2010 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://xkcd.com/768/

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After like intro math classes, *most* colleges typically don't give a s*** what calculator you use. Then again, they don't help much after intro math classes. . . ]]>Aug 7th 2010 4:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/
Even if it didn't an internet connection, the school usually wants a model number or something so that they can approve it. If don't think "oh, I built this myself" would fly in one of my exams.]]>Aug 7th 2010 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/
In my 5 years of undergraduate experience (BS in Math and Comp Sci, 1 class from a minor in Physics and EE as well as some Poly sci classes before I decided I'd need to get a real job) at a major state school (yea, not a top private school but still), once you get past introductory classes, professors couldn't care.

Lots of people use TI Voyager 200s in classes.

You're probably right that they wouldn't allow you to use a home built calculator, but I didn't see many calculator checks after intro to diff eq (around the time when you start proof classes... where they don't care what you have as long as it's not internet connected). ]]>Aug 7th 2010 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/Aug 7th 2010 4:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/
If you learn to use a TI89, you'll love yourself forever. Best. Calculator. Ever.

(I had mine from Algebra II in 10th grade until I Differential Equations in college - then I sold it and started using Maple and bumming a calculator off of a friend if I had a test)]]>Aug 7th 2010 7:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/Aug 7th 2010 4:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/
Rule number 1 of engineering samples: They cost a lot more than the product will. (Rule 2 is they might blow up)]]>Aug 7th 2010 4:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/Aug 7th 2010 4:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/Aug 7th 2010 4:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/Aug 7th 2010 5:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/
Yep. The first thing you learn after you are allowed to start using a calculator in classes and such is how to use a computer to do it faster.

Mathematica, Maple, etc. ]]>Aug 7th 2010 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/Aug 7th 2010 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/Something is putting something else to shame here, but I don't think it's the way the headline says it.]]>Aug 7th 2010 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/It doesn't need a wall plug: http://www.liquidware.com/shop/show/BB-TP/Tablet+Pack]]>Aug 7th 2010 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.liquidware.com/shop/show/BB-ESK/Beagle+Embedded+Starter+Kit]]>Aug 7th 2010 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://xkcd.com/768/]]>Aug 7th 2010 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/Aug 7th 2010 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/Aug 7th 2010 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/Aug 7th 2010 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/Aug 7th 2010 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/Aug 7th 2010 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/There's still hope for humanity after the dot.crash and the brain.bust.]]>Aug 7th 2010 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/07/diyer-constructs-4-3-inch-open-scical-graphing-calculator-puts/Aug 7th 2010 6:29PM