Before there were apps for tablets and smartphones, before mathematics education software was easily installed on personal computers, before electronic calculators entered professional practice and ...

It is no secret that we like slide rules around the Hackaday bunker, and among our favorites are the cylindrical slide rules. [Chris Staecker] likes them, too, and recently even 3D printed a version.

You have to really like slide rules to build your own, including the necessary artwork. Apparently [Dylan Thinnes] is a big fan, based on this project he began working on a few months back. The result ...

The revised slide rule at second base has been a fertile source of controversy ever since it was implemented, and Game 3 of the NLCS between the Brewers and Dodgers provided us the latest example. In ...

While some (math-phobics) still may relish the simple beauty and non-threatening functionality of the abacus, there are those who have made the transition to more challenging computing gadgets—many ...

— -- ST. LOUIS -- After the Cubs' 5-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday, Chicago manager Joe Maddon and pitcher Jon Lester ripped the slide rule, which cost their team a run in the ...

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Kenny Pickett delivered one the wildest highlights of last weekend's conference championship games, but the NCAA didn't seem to like what it saw. The Pitt quarterback and Heisman candidate lit social ...

Before the smartphone, the laptop and the pocket calculator, there was a powerful mechanical computer. Our new series, Tools of the Trade, begins... The Slide Rule: A Computing Device That Put A Man ...