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What do you know about the first hand held calcuator invention by texas instruments?

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Posted by highschool on Wednesday November 5, 2008 at 8:09 AM and tagged with calculator, hand held, history, invention, texas instruments.

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  1. bnhopkins Student
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    The hand-held pocket calculator was invented at Texas Instruments in 1966 by a development team which included Jerry D. Merryman, James H. Van Tassel and Jack St. Clair Kilby. The project was code-named "Cal Tech."

    Sources:
    http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/handcalculat...
    http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/company/history/timeline/eps/...

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    Posted by bnhopkins on Wednesday November 5, 2008 at 5:00 PM