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06-03-2014, 07:00 PM
Why the TI Graphing Calculator Ruled Your Classroom
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Raise your hand if you have ever used a Texas Instruments (http://mashable.com/category/texas-instruments/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) (TI) graphing calculator.
The mathematic and scientific tool is easily the most popular name in modern calculators. If you scan the list of Amazon's bestselling graphing calculators (http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Electronics-Graphing-******-Calculators/zgbs/electronics/172523), you'll see that TI models usually take the top three spots.
See also: 6 Things You Didn't K**w You Could Do With Your Graphing Calculator (http://mashable.com/2014/04/25/graphing-calculator-tricks/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
But how has one brand managed to keep such a hold on the calculator industry? Let's start from the beginning
TI: A history
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A handheld TI calculator from 1972
Image: Texas Instruments
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Raise your hand if you have ever used a Texas Instruments (http://mashable.com/category/texas-instruments/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) (TI) graphing calculator.
The mathematic and scientific tool is easily the most popular name in modern calculators. If you scan the list of Amazon's bestselling graphing calculators (http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Electronics-Graphing-******-Calculators/zgbs/electronics/172523), you'll see that TI models usually take the top three spots.
See also: 6 Things You Didn't K**w You Could Do With Your Graphing Calculator (http://mashable.com/2014/04/25/graphing-calculator-tricks/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
But how has one brand managed to keep such a hold on the calculator industry? Let's start from the beginning
TI: A history
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A handheld TI calculator from 1972
Image: Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments was originally founded in 1951 to build seismographs for oil exploration. Looking for new ways to diversify in 1964, the company set out to create a handheld instrument that could solve mathematical equations. By 1967, it had invented the very first handheld calculator, which could perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/06/03/ti-calculator-evolution/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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