A new sort of calculator

[Martin C. Martin-2]

This group might get a kick out of this.

"Imagine writing a calculation down on paper and the paper magically
working out the answers. We have built a calculator that works like
this, which is ideal for pen based computers and interactive whiteboards
in classrooms. It recognises your handwriting, and you write naturally,
using ordinary mathematics notation you are already familiar with."

- Martin

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Subject: TALK:Thursday 1-11-07 A new sort of calculator **TIME CHANGE**
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 09:31:33 -0500
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A new sort of calculator
HCI Seminar Series Spring 2007
Speaker: Harold Thimbleby
Speaker Affiliation: Swansea University
Host: Rob Miller
Host Affiliation: MIT CSAIL

Date: 1-11-2007
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Refreshments: 3:45 PM
Location: 32-G449 (Patil Seminar Room)

Handheld calculators are familiar gadgets, but they are hard to use
reliably. We have invented a completely new sort of calculator that is
very easy to use, much more powerful, more reliable in principle, and -
best of all - great fun to use. People smile and laugh when they use it!
Better still, when we used it in math exams, students scored 100%
instead of the 60% when using their own standard handheld calculators.

This seminar will demonstrate the new calculator and explain its design
principles. It will be of interest to anyone using calculators,
computers, handhelds, etc. The new style of interaction has many other
applications beyond calculators.

Harold Thimbleby is Professor of Computer Science at Swansea University,
Wales. He is Director of the Future Interaction Technology Lab. His
latest book, Press On (MIT Press), will be published in 2007. See more
at http://www.cs.swan.ac.uk/~csharold

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For more information please contact: Rob Miller, x4-6028, rcm at mit.edu

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