Web + Calculators
Posted: Fri 21 Apr, 2006 1:32 am
The web is the most dynamic and powerful computer technology available to date. Why haven't we started merging the web and calculators?
What I'm imagining right now is a seamless system in which your calculator becomes a way to view data on the move, keeping it updated every time you plug it into the computer. You guys have iPods, right? This concept would be similar. You plug your calculator into your computer, automatically opening some software designed to retrieve data from the web and update your calculator. When I use my iPod, I love having several podcasts that are refreshed on a daily basis. This system could have a similar podcast format, since audio support is somewhat flaky, and RSS would be an ideal way to harvest data. Imagine, you could view the latest slashdot news on your way to school using a viewer designed to work with the software.
With newer calculators coming with usb, how possible would it be to hook a router or another connection to the internet to it? I recall seeing some asm routine that did something like that. If we could get something like that to work, it would open up a whole new dimension to calculators as we know them.
Any other ideas having to do with integrating calculators with the internet?
What I'm imagining right now is a seamless system in which your calculator becomes a way to view data on the move, keeping it updated every time you plug it into the computer. You guys have iPods, right? This concept would be similar. You plug your calculator into your computer, automatically opening some software designed to retrieve data from the web and update your calculator. When I use my iPod, I love having several podcasts that are refreshed on a daily basis. This system could have a similar podcast format, since audio support is somewhat flaky, and RSS would be an ideal way to harvest data. Imagine, you could view the latest slashdot news on your way to school using a viewer designed to work with the software.
With newer calculators coming with usb, how possible would it be to hook a router or another connection to the internet to it? I recall seeing some asm routine that did something like that. If we could get something like that to work, it would open up a whole new dimension to calculators as we know them.
Any other ideas having to do with integrating calculators with the internet?