In the summer of 1997, right after graduating from high school, I was offered the opportunity to participate in a pre-freshman summer program at Morehouse College (my eventual alma mater) directed at ...
This year, high school juniors and seniors will buy a $100 calculator that's older than they are. You remember the TI-83: the brick-sized graphing machine you likely covered in stickers and used to ...
In today's world of high-tech gadgets, Texas Instruments' relatively low-tech calculators stand out. Since the ‘90s, laptops have gotten faster and thinner, phones have become more powerful, and ...
With the rapid rise and ubiquity of handheld computing devices, I sometimes have to remind myself that I’ve always had handheld computing devices of one sort or another, for as long as I can remember.
The year was 1999. I was pondering all too carefully what kind of threads I'd be wearing come the new school year. But all I could really think about was exactly how much of my styling budget would be ...
Ever sat in math class and thought "I wish I could play Super Smash Bros. right now?" Well, now you can. A game programmer who goes by the name of "Hayleia" on the Internet forum Omnimaga has ...
The humble Texas Instruments graphing pocket calculator has seen its fair share of mods over the years, thanks in part to an oddly active development community of procrastinators desperate to get out ...