It's surprisingly modern looking for something created in the 50's. The logo looks like it could've been thought up yesterday.
@cateatsushi30089 жыл бұрын
For real
@pikakai9 жыл бұрын
I agree, it does look very modern for 1950's, rather cool. I bet it looked futuristic and cutting edge at the tine
@eelzchannel9 жыл бұрын
+JWGinge At first I thought it was some modern day replica , was surprised to find out that that is what they actually look like
@christopantz8 жыл бұрын
great design is timeless
@theoreticalbear38068 жыл бұрын
+christopantz Perfectly said.
@citrus2curtis8 жыл бұрын
It's a math grenade
@mal2ksc7 жыл бұрын
Don't make me open a can of whoop-math on you. This thing could probably End You Rightly.
@redcap19237 жыл бұрын
Citrus2Curtis Fellow Pattern Recognition fan, I see.
@tesityr67227 жыл бұрын
Indeed a weapon of math destruction
@manictiger7 жыл бұрын
When you try to get the square root of seven, it becomes a whitehole generator, that infinitely spits out energy from another universe. Grenade almost doesn't even fit the description; more like doomsday weapon.
@NinjaSushi26 жыл бұрын
I came for the puns. Arithmetic Grenade or Grenada de Mathematica?
@dragoncaretaker948 жыл бұрын
For something that was made in the 50s, it looks remarkably modern
@ultrahevybeat3 жыл бұрын
yeah it looks like some tactical coffee grinder or something
@sinisterthoughts28962 жыл бұрын
I think it looks quite period correct. All metal, muted blued steel or phosphate with white numerals, minimalist industrial design, art deco logo.
@bobfalk28963 жыл бұрын
In the early 1970's I worked on a US Forest Service land survey crew. Our work was in the remote Sierra mountains of CA and we used a Curta everyday to do our calculations. It was a prized device and we took very good care of it as it saved us so much time as the alternative was hand calculation.
@twistedpeanuts69582 жыл бұрын
That sounds like a dream job, I bet you have lots of great stories
@someonespadre2 жыл бұрын
My first boss had used one, he said eventually grit and dirt got in it and it wouldn’t work as well.
@someonespadre2 жыл бұрын
@@twistedpeanuts6958 it’s the best job on earth, I don’t know why more people don’t go into it. It has everything, historical research, searching for old evidence (healed over blazes on bearing trees, marked stones, old pipes, etc), math especially trigonometry, statistics, we fly mapping drones, get paid to hike, etc. it can be strenuous at times. One of my young coworkers was majoring in Civil Engineering but he wasn’t sure that’s what he wanted to do so he went around to all the different engineering departments but they wouldn’t talk to him until he met Dr. Crossfield in Geomatics Engineering (Fresno State University), pulled him into the office and talked him into it, way better than Civil he said. My next trip is to the Sequoia NF backcountry, have to locate a corner back there, will involve some cross country hiking. With modern GPS receivers it doesn’t involve so much conventional traversing and triangulation. Needed for surveying some of the boundaries of Mountain Home State Forest.
@DreamJM9 жыл бұрын
Dare you to walk into an Airport with it.
@Techmoan9 жыл бұрын
+Jamie If you walk into an airport just wearing speedos nowadays you get funny looks.
@DreamJM9 жыл бұрын
Techmoan haha I might try that actually!
@Flo-og4ow8 жыл бұрын
+Jamie NEEEEEE DIGGAh
@TCWordz8 жыл бұрын
Cool calculator, Ahmed.
@andrzej25018 жыл бұрын
LOL Yeah, those TSA morons would think it's a bomb or grenade...
@PointyTailofSatan8 жыл бұрын
FYI: the inventor was still designing the Curta when he was thrown into a Nazi prison camp. But the Nazis wanted this device badly for use in artillery aiming calculations in the field. So they kept him alive to work on it. He kept screwing up each model on purpose so it didn't work, until the end of the war, when he was liberated. So basically, the Curta saved his life.
@Cannibal7135 жыл бұрын
Yea I love that story. The prison commandant promised him that he would make him an honorary Aryan and give one to Hitler once they won the war. Glad he never got one. He wouldn't have appreciated it's brilliance anyway.
@Arkew_5 жыл бұрын
Wow
@marcelo90z5 жыл бұрын
What a rather ironic story, because "Curta" in Portuguese can mean "short" or "brief", but it increased the lifespan of the inventor
@timo19495 жыл бұрын
@@marcelo90z Well the inventors name was "Curt", but what's ironic as well is, his last name was "Herzstark", wich translates to "strong heart" or "strong hearted"
@el_teodoro5 жыл бұрын
Thats pretty awesome
@leisergeist9 жыл бұрын
Today, on things I didn't know I needed
@kamjir86285 жыл бұрын
Bobby, I need this
@KhongBinhThuong4 жыл бұрын
And i don't know what i needed in my life
@CB-RADIO-UK10 жыл бұрын
Never knew they existed. Very clever, really clever in fact. It must be very nice to use.
@Techmoan10 жыл бұрын
fredintheshed1 It's a joy to use - an utterly brilliant device and it's got quite some weight to it - it feels solid.
@ganeshgupta94026 жыл бұрын
fredintheshed1
@moofymoo5 жыл бұрын
now, in 2019, we need Adobe Flash Player simulator to run Curta Calculator simulator in browser..
@RobWhittlestone10 жыл бұрын
Stunning! I went to school in England between 1967 and 1974 and we learnt how to use mechanical calculators affectionately known as "coffee grinders". In about 1972 we went to a first (Japanese) digital computer with punch card input and cathode ray tube output. Looping was achieved mechanically by a motor driving the punched card up and down. Great channel Mat, excellent subjects, camera technique, editing and voice-overs. All the best, Rob
@Techmoan10 жыл бұрын
RobWhittlestone Thanks for the kind words Rob - If we are going down memory lane.....I remember when I started work in 1987 the first company I went to (a large well known financial organisation) still had many of their their client records on punched cards. Each record took up multiple cards and were perhaps a couple of inches deep. These were housed in little drawers in hundreds of filing cabinets that took up an entire warehouse sized floor. I imagine the whole lot would fit on one MicroSD card now.
@briantaylor926610 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. The first time I heard of or saw the Curta was when I was in university in the early '70s. We were still using slide rules, but electronic calculators were just becoming affordable for engineering students. One of our professors wanted to give us some context to the developing technologies, and brought in his own Curta to show us.
@devonopdendries77226 жыл бұрын
I had the pleasure of experimenting with it, reading the manual and figuring out how it worked. It's amazing how the multiplication and division works. The engineering behind it is absolutely astonishing!
@nickpetersen59348 жыл бұрын
The first person that figures out how to cheaply reproduce these... Gosh I want one so bad.
@XcaptainXobliviousX8 жыл бұрын
theres a cheesy 3D printed version floating about, but its bulky due to the high precision tolerances needed to get them working in their original sizes. if you want something other than slightly dodgy plastic, you're pretty much gonna need to get an antique. the systems set up to produce the precision ground components for these things just aren't around anymore, and there's no money in bringing it back, so likely, they never will be. kinda like Bakelite :c (outside of some specific industrial applications apparently)
@bobbyberetta42068 жыл бұрын
Nick Petersen every couple of months I check if there's any repro because damn I want one extremely bad. So instead I wrote Curta on my fishing reel & pretend it's one.
@ciananmortem31278 жыл бұрын
Bakelite is still in use, Phenolic Formaldehyde resin is used for some boat propellers and some thermal insulation. Lots of stuff now that I think about it.
@einkommentierkanal51118 жыл бұрын
Wouls it be tecnically legal to produce and sell these? o.O
@TheRealColBosch8 жыл бұрын
Sure. The patent is long-expired. You might not be able to sell them under the brand name Curta, not unless you could license the trademark (or if it was abandoned at some point), but reproductions would be perfectly legal...except they'd probably cost about $500-$1000 to even produce.
@TheEphemeris8 жыл бұрын
My grandpa had one of those! Dang, I wonder where that thing went. I always played with it as a child...
@joshman97578 жыл бұрын
or if you find it you can use it as a fancy paper weight
@billl6055 жыл бұрын
I doubt if a curta would of liked being a marble.
@jameswalton57338 жыл бұрын
I like how his vintage calculator is more modern than modern day calculators with the matte black finish and how it's perfect for hipsters
@404waffles8 жыл бұрын
hell, even the logo is pretty damn modern
@mihaiberbece19988 жыл бұрын
I wanted to say the same. The design is incredibly up to date. Maybe haircuts from the '50 are not the only trending ones.
@Neyas338 жыл бұрын
That's probably because it's a high end product in the first place. Being in metal (looks like steel) require surface treatment if you want your product to pass the test of time
@jaffachannel8 жыл бұрын
But 50s haircuts are kind of trending tho...
@fangadorawolfen61647 жыл бұрын
This looks simpler to use then modern calculators; I will take one of these over some of these modern calculators.
@da5idnz7 жыл бұрын
I found out about the Curta via the William Gibson novel, _Pattern Recognition_. Well worth the read. Gibson always brings up interesting things in his books, like the Curta, Bibendum (the Michelin Man), the Buzz Rickson flight jacket, etc.
@atranas60188 жыл бұрын
it's amazing what engineers can do back in the days before modern digital computers.
@f123-i4d8 жыл бұрын
they still do, you just can't see it
@Felisargyle7 жыл бұрын
Those engineers turned into coders
@Francisco-j1e6 жыл бұрын
Oh, they keep doing it boy! Check out walking and talking 🤖
@billl6055 жыл бұрын
@@f123-i4d Sooo they're watching me?
@kasuraga5 жыл бұрын
@Alejandro Galarza washer machines and the like still tend to be pretty simple. The input methods have gotten more complex but the actual functions can all be re wired to be mechanical switches if you know what you're doing.
@aljonacacio82795 жыл бұрын
Wow! That is so amazing! This is my first time to see a mechanical calculator! Indeed, the inventor is really a genuis
@smacman688 жыл бұрын
I too am fascinated by complex mechanical things. I have a Rowe AMI jukebox from 1971. It is all electro-mechanical and actually quite complex. It has a row of letters and numbers, so you push D-6 and the 45 record in slot D-6 will play. The mechanical parts are not too bad to work on, but the electrical components are getting hard to find. Vacuum tubes have become scarce and I find myself having to rewire and replace whole sections to use parts that are accessible. It is a labor of love though...
@Techmoan8 жыл бұрын
Lately there's been a lot of people asking to see the inside of this. As mentioned in the video this might be the best documented thing ever manufactured...put the word Curta into google and you'll find absolutely everything you could ever possibly want to know about the Curta...there's loads on KZbin too, here's an example. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqCsYn6tmslrhs0 If you want a poster of the internals - it's here www.vcalc.net/cu.htm
@samgobeil36228 жыл бұрын
awesome piece of technology
@FakieStreams8 жыл бұрын
always something new to me on this channel, good work man, keep showing off neat stuff nobody is aware of! Well, at least more stuff with a cult following, the nixie stuff was cool too.
@andregoldenstein6988 жыл бұрын
Techmoan You sound quite a bit like MagzTv
@SamsCoolStuff8 жыл бұрын
My friend had one and one used it in Algebra, granted he could do it faster in his head.
@farhanatashiga37217 жыл бұрын
Techmoan it looked like a fishing rod.
@Boemel8 жыл бұрын
I have a mechanical calculator from 1918, but that one is massive and weighs a ton, this thing looks like a keychain :D
@Bill_CBR9 жыл бұрын
This is a very cool device. A few years ago my father gave me his. He was a civil engineer and often did work in the field. He purchased his new back in the early sixties. He used it regularly and it shows signs of use. Classic to the way he is, he still had the original cardboard box and documentation that it came with. I was always fascinated by it as I grew up. Thanks for sharing and bringing back some great memories.
@JustaMuteCat2 жыл бұрын
This is so cool! Adam Savage from Tested/Mythbusters posted a video not long ago where he sent two Curtas he owns to a place and they did a CT mapping of it and posted the links to the files generated by the scans for anyone curious about how one looks inside as well.
@johnwlamp8 жыл бұрын
I first saw a Curta in 1967, when I was 11. I was amazed. I now have a mod II and as with you, it is one of my prized possessions. Off to "crank out an answer" or two ...
@OldAndGettingOlder10 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot Techmoan. I saw your Curta video and knew this would be a great gift for my engineer wife. I'm out several hundred dollars thanks to you. She's going to love this baby. Thanks.
@Techmoan10 жыл бұрын
Stanton Taylor That's a great gift of a truly fascinating gadget. You can always justify it as an investment, the Curta keeps appreciating in value....not that you would ever want to sell it.
@beckybricker28733 жыл бұрын
I have a 1959 modal and can not get it to open help.
@averyhuelsbeck31169 жыл бұрын
It is incredibly striking how modern the design looks! An incredible device, thanks for showing it!
@kiwi90655 жыл бұрын
FBI : watcha got there? Every Curta Owner : uhh a Calculator.
@harrisoncorey282 Жыл бұрын
Always a pleasure visiting this video, the first one I remember watching from your channel nearly 10 years ago now. The best part about your channel is how the format has remained almost identical however, the quality of the video As well as your presentation has done nothing but improved. thanks again for nearly 10 years of entertainment, education, and above all, a right good time.
@jeremyclayton-travis19917 жыл бұрын
I have several mechanical calculators myself Mat. It started with a Curta 45 years ago when I paid the princely sum of £25 I then moved on to some of the bigger machines and slide rules. I tell people they will be useful when the world goes futt. The same goes for anything mechanical and I still have a peddle sewing machine and lots of hand tools that don't require electricity.
@JaredConnell9 жыл бұрын
Looks so cool for a 60 year old machine, it still looks futuristic after all these years and its still amazingly complex and just an awesome piece of equipment!
@jeromesegard56588 жыл бұрын
The machine lokks quite modern
@JonatasMonte8 жыл бұрын
INdeed, I thought that the idea was conceived in 1950 and then he bough a model based on it, NOT that it literally was made in 1950, it really looks like a modern thing.
@whatisthis8398 жыл бұрын
Thought the same, looks modern all the way down to the font.
@gandalfwiz200079 жыл бұрын
Completely amazed, such a complex device, simple, mechanical, ingenious
@vicr1238 жыл бұрын
What if you divide by zero or take the square root of -1? ;)
@dragonpurpuracolocado36438 жыл бұрын
To divide in the curta you just do recursive substraction. For example, if you have to divide 10 by 3 you do : 10 - 3 = 7 7 - 3 = 4 4 - 3 = 1 As you have repeated the substraction 3 times, that is your result 10/3 = 3 with remainder 1 (The last number you could not substract 3). But what happens if you divide 10 by 0? 10 - 0 = 10 10 - 0 = 10 10 - 0 = 10 ... and so on Thats why division by 0 is nosense, so if you try in the curta you will have to spin the wheel forever until the machine or your wrist breaks. As for √-1 it is not a natural number so you cant get a result in natural numbers that curta uses.
@vicr1238 жыл бұрын
Oh, so that's how the Curta works. Technically anything divided by 0 I undefined (not infinity) but at least the calculator gives nonsense :)
@MattMcIrvin7 жыл бұрын
The device doesn't really have a "square root key"--I'm guessing the manual told you to use Newton's iteration using the Curta for the arithmetic (guess the approximate square root, divide the original number by it, find the mean of the guess and the quotient, repeat until the result converges).
@vicr1237 жыл бұрын
Oh... Ok :)
@mfbfreak7 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/amWWc2mclJmhbM0 - a video of an electrically driven mechanical calculator dividing by zero
@andrewlong12313 ай бұрын
Thank you for this informative clip. My father was a surveyor during the 1960’s through to the 1990’s and I remember him using one of these Cortas but I could never grasp how it worked. Thank you for explaining it so clearly.
@divyajnana9 жыл бұрын
First the "Tefi", now the Curta...never heard of that either!!! What a beautiful compact device. Thanks for the education and video.
@Techmoan9 жыл бұрын
divyajnana yes both devices compliment each other well. 1950s tech at its best.
@charlie74808 жыл бұрын
Not only do i love how this works.. the build is just astonishing...
@volundrfrey8968 жыл бұрын
A lot of people commenting on how modern it looks without realising that the modern design language Is largely based on the 50's and early 60's. Modern design is a revival of design from this era, this is why it looks modern. In a few decades we will have translucent plastics again.
@AsitorCorporation8 жыл бұрын
There is nothing quite like moving parts doing the work! Absolutely fascinating how so many mechanisms can be moved in to a hand held device and work so well!
@albertomartinsen335710 жыл бұрын
As you promised, the last one is the most amazing one! Really interesting! Not only your videos are useful, but also instructive about technology history! Thank you for that and for the time you use to make your videos! I really appreciate it! Merry Christmas to you and your family! Regards from Norway!
@Techmoan10 жыл бұрын
Alberto Martinsen There's one more video tomorrow - but this is my favourite thing I'm showing.
@micheals199210 жыл бұрын
Techmoan I saw a documentory about automatons and the writing boy is absolutely amazing! it's unbelievable what they managed to achieve with such limited/complicated technology.
@7dreams19357 жыл бұрын
Circa 1962 I was rallying with the local SCCA club and was introduced to the Curta as a computational aid that some of the more well heeled teams used. It was common to see the wife (navigator) cranking the Curta at a timer's stop. These were the teams that drove Alfas, Porsches and Austin Healys. I wanted a Curta but my Corvair budget did not allow.
@larrylentini56888 жыл бұрын
I love the advertisement at 1:11. No click bait, misdirection, flashy gimmicks or hiding the true price. Just a simple description of the product, why you should want it and how to buy one. Advertisements today shove themselves in your face and pander to the idiots who are the only ones that pay attention to them anymore.
@PutItAway1018 жыл бұрын
Must be nice to make a product that you can be proud of what it actually is, and not have to lie to people to sell it.
@fatihyldz22838 жыл бұрын
what advertisement? ı didnt have any advertisements in this video
@larrylentini56888 жыл бұрын
Fatih Yıldız The old newspaper ad for the calculator
@omegathrone38678 жыл бұрын
Lawrence Lentini
@arvaneret_3292 жыл бұрын
I wish they kept making these Curta calculators, they're cool and beautiful pieces of mechanical engineering (no pun intended).
@paffycat8 жыл бұрын
Have fun getting that thing through aircraft security.
@notgray884 жыл бұрын
Sir this appears to be a bomb in your bag
@DenyTheZeitgeist2 жыл бұрын
That is an absolute beauty. I collect calculators, probably because I’m so bad at math, and the Curta is one I will never have the pleasure of owning. Unless one pops up in a thrift store. It’s design is right up there for me, along with the Eames Lounge Chair and the Alpha SX-70.
@best_protagonist8 жыл бұрын
this is pretty awesome , the fact that it was made in 1950 is amazing how complicated mechanism people could do
@clarencegreen30712 жыл бұрын
Other impressive devices from 50+ years ago are the automatic record changers. The entire mechanism was mechanical. Functions: Lift the stylus and place it on the vinyl record. Sense the end of the record, lift the stylus, and drop the next record. At the end of the last record, lift the stylus, dock the tone arm, and turn the amplifier off.
@3DSage8 жыл бұрын
wow that looks like a beautiful and well designed mechanical calculator. I grew up with electronic calculators but this is way more mesmerizing and interesting to watch.
@thaddeusmcgrath9 жыл бұрын
Is there any way to convert the Curta to a fishing reel, for fishing and calculating in those moments in life you have to do both?
@bogdanzayatsastronomyandna47225 жыл бұрын
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@unrealwolfclaws5 жыл бұрын
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@therealcat57944 жыл бұрын
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@MaruSurfs3 жыл бұрын
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@skyerenard89398 жыл бұрын
I am a newer watcher and this stumbled into my recommended feed. I have liked your other videos but this is more particularly interesting to me. When I went to school I have used all sorts of analog computers rather then what everyone else has used. My favourite has been the slide rule (sadly got stolen from me recently). Other computer I have used was the Jepson flight computer which is another analog computer and pretty much a circular slide rule pretty much. I have always had a fascination with analog mechanical computers and analog electronic computers for my whole life sense I discovered the joys of using them. I would like to thank you for introducing me to another one that some day, I would love to get my hands on. This video has sparked even more joy in me of all the videos I have seen so far and I hope to see more interesting videos in the future (even if they are past recorded videos)
@novaman35098 жыл бұрын
You sound like a 27 year old James May.
@billrowse22668 жыл бұрын
NovaMan 350 true that
@twayland61868 жыл бұрын
NovaMan 350 lol
@couldyoubetender34808 жыл бұрын
NovaMan 350 i was born on the 27th of may lol
@carlenger97078 жыл бұрын
I know! That's also what I said in my comment! It's ironic because I was watching Top Gear on another tab and this the first time I saw this, and i was like, "Why is James May talking about CALCulATORS?!!"
@Richi2484 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same ahhahaha
@PossumMedic2 жыл бұрын
Grade 6 teacher: "You won't always have a calculator in your pocket!" Me: pulls out my Curta 😎😎😎
@Jerbod210 жыл бұрын
I had no idea this existed, that's awesome. Reminds me somewhat of the enigma machine.
@Techmoan10 жыл бұрын
Manny Calavera I had the feeling that I was behind the curve on this one and everyone else knew all about the Curta - so I'm happy to be proved wrong.
@Jerbod210 жыл бұрын
Everyone knows things that other's are less familiar with, nothing you can do about that unless you're some kind of chap with a huge head who consumes every bit of information he can get his hands on.
@KateInTheCity8 жыл бұрын
Wow. Thank you for making this video. I have never seen one of these before and I find it absolutely amazing. What an ingenious, beautiful, well-crafted device.
@jameswoodard43045 жыл бұрын
The engineering that went into something like this is amazing. The capabilities of purely mechanical devices always impress me. I wonder what the most complex mechanical device is?
@techmage895 жыл бұрын
There are some folks trying to build a real implementation of Babbage's analytical engine. Perhaps if they complete it, it may become the most complex mechanical device.
@doublehappiness98892 жыл бұрын
As far as I'm concerned, it's child resistant screw caps. :D
@subhajitsamanta6125 жыл бұрын
I like mechanics.it is a great example that mechanics is as useful in calculations as electronics. Thanks to that great designer and you for introducing it.
@Tinfoilpain9 жыл бұрын
Are you James May in disguise???
@MrJason0059 жыл бұрын
+Tinfoilpain No he's not, he's argued about this many times.
@MammothDzn8 жыл бұрын
+Tinfoilpain Totally the same voice :D
@MrJason0058 жыл бұрын
***** I'm Greek and even I can differentiate the accents.
@Flo-og4ow8 жыл бұрын
+Tinfoilpain Ne das Max Beker
@MyCoolMac8 жыл бұрын
+Dominik Placr really isn't..
@rottie0078 жыл бұрын
found your channel purely by chance and have to say your videos are both informative and very watchable ! ! thank you for your efforts
@taeoh7058 жыл бұрын
**bring it to the math test** HE'S GOT A GRENADE
@HuntsmanLegacy7 жыл бұрын
Well this is possibly the single coolest thing I've yet to find on this channel--and that's pretty impressive given some of the devices that have been featured.
@nickiam_8 жыл бұрын
This thing is just awesome. I can't even realise how hard is to develop it.
@cougar65789 жыл бұрын
Appreciate your effort in putting up this video to showcase this rare mechanical calculator.
@MRSTU12108 жыл бұрын
I bet Clint from lgr would like one he loves this kind of stuff
@richardpatrick321238 жыл бұрын
I'm almost Speechless! I find it amazing that such a mechanical device could be designed and Made!
@randomnikolay8 жыл бұрын
James May, is that you? :D
@chuyax56948 жыл бұрын
ThePumpkinHead he does sound like james mau
@JimNicholls10 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! Despite being an old guy (74,) I had never seen one of those or even been aware of its existence until now, so thank you for improving my knowledge as well as providing a very entertaining item.
@Famous_Mist9 жыл бұрын
Amazing, thank you for your videos, I really enjoy them
@Techmoan9 жыл бұрын
+Luis Pacheco thanks Luis.
@Flo-og4ow8 жыл бұрын
+Luis Pacheco Das kann doch nicht dein ernst sein???!"!!!!
@Famous_Mist8 жыл бұрын
+Florian Voß eu gosto mais é de bolos. ..
@Feuermagier13378 жыл бұрын
Luis Pacheco So, I could get this... or a Titan X.
@custardavenger3 жыл бұрын
There are so many thinks on this channel I really want to own, this is straight to the top of the list.
@thomaslangley9678 жыл бұрын
WOW!!! This is one video I wish I would have never watched! Just last fall at a Church Rummage sale I came across one of these identical to this one...still in its original box...with the instruction booklet! For a mear $8.00 US! And they are going for a Grand! DAMN! LOL
@gregistopal8 жыл бұрын
Thomas Langley you missed out bro
@techman24718 жыл бұрын
I had never heard of the Curta. Thank you for enlightening me. It is absolutely amazing and beautiful bit of history.
@mattat38478 жыл бұрын
What if u divide by 0
@joshuamangum63058 жыл бұрын
matty amicaterra I was wondering the same thing. maybe it will break the calculator.
@ciananmortem31278 жыл бұрын
Gives you zero
@goob86268 жыл бұрын
calculator go boom
@lotem22368 жыл бұрын
matty amicaterra the timer inside goes off and a black hole is created
@ciananmortem31278 жыл бұрын
No no, I swear it gives you zero. It only goes boom and forms a black hole when you try to find the square root of seven. :p
@dawnzephyr6 жыл бұрын
The most fascinating part is how small it is. The early electronic calculators were so bulky, and this little mechanical model could probably fit in your pocket.
@NicholasHoward9 жыл бұрын
Gonna bring this back again for December 2015?
@Techmoan9 жыл бұрын
+Nicholas Howard I'm not sure I have enough time or gadgets, but I'll see what I can dig up.
@ForeverMan8 жыл бұрын
what about December 2016 ?
@NicholasHoward8 жыл бұрын
Techmoan Six Things of Christmas 2016?
@etmax18 жыл бұрын
I came across the Curta looking for slide rules, They've amazed me ever since, thanks for posting
@nickbelanger52258 жыл бұрын
I've always wondered what man could be able to do with mechanics had electricity never been discovered
@Melanie160403 жыл бұрын
Blast from the past! Ancient Techmoan video but still the same great content I drop in for! Awesome video and thank you!
@tomasinolei86008 жыл бұрын
Your voice sounds like James May??? Am I right?
@hughbarton5743 Жыл бұрын
Although I am not a calculator enthusiast, I remembered these from when I was very young, circa 1963ish. I learned about these by being mad for all things automotive,and these were standard kit for what was then the most popular form of auto ralleys. These were called time/speed/ distance ralleys. You had to essentially find the route, and then follow it. There were checkpoints where you had to arrive at a very specific time, or you were penalized. You can imagine this was the perfect tool for that! PS: since the late 1970's, the sport has become just driving as fast as you can on lousy roads....and drivers and navigators started to get killed....not good for the sport.... Great job!
@maksuree9 жыл бұрын
james may is that you?
@tyerestes75548 жыл бұрын
+Gary Ah, Gary.
@unvergebeneid5 жыл бұрын
It looks like those things must feel really satisfying to use. Amazing craftsmanship!
@SuperPickle159 жыл бұрын
Question, how long will it take to calculate the meaning of life?
@CNCmachiningisfun9 жыл бұрын
+SuperPickle15 Approximately 3.1415926 Mega Eternities, one hour, 14 minutes and 7 seconds ;) .
@MurriciTerceiro7 жыл бұрын
SuperPickle15 well, you can do 21*2 soo.. one turn of that lever?
@thecapone455 жыл бұрын
Looks very modern. Especially that logo
@ВадимМатерн-п8ф5 жыл бұрын
KZbin 2014: No 2015: No 2016: No 2017: No 2018: No 2019: Show time
@winro74365 жыл бұрын
True
@MrGooFTy2 жыл бұрын
Как они это в 1950 придумали и произвели?!
@avore_22138 жыл бұрын
Wow, that's way more impressive than today's digital calculators.
@spankysmp10 жыл бұрын
Thanks TM, that's one of the most brilliant things I have seen in a long time. I'm not amazingly old but I do remember at school, every so often we were allowed to get the old mechanical calculators out of the cupboard and were shown how they worked. Nothing like this though as they were desk models. I'd definitely consider buying one but not at that price! Keep up the good work and the flag flying for Manchester :-)
@luisaparodi85717 жыл бұрын
I have one that my father bought back in 1958 in a trip to Europe. I always used to show it to my classmates of the University when studying together in my house, and wait till someone guess what it was. Almost all failed... 😁
@ON8EI10 жыл бұрын
That was great. I've enjoyed for your vids for a long time. Thanks very much. All the best for 2015 to you and yours. JD.
@EnderShard8 жыл бұрын
Those would be awesome in school
@jort93z8 жыл бұрын
we got graphing calculators with a huge touchscreen in school lol. it can render 3d models and has a whole periodic system in it. you can even install games on it xD.
@Raguleader8 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but can you do arithmetic on it by fiddling and twisting things?
@mememan88015 жыл бұрын
@@jort93z was it the casio classpad?
@kevinbyrne45388 жыл бұрын
Beautifully crafted piece of machinery.
@jamesandonian78298 жыл бұрын
someone should make replicas
@halnwheels7 жыл бұрын
I was looking at one of your videos and I recognized the curta drawings on the wall behind you. So I looked it up and found your video on it. I would love to have one of these. Every moment I delay and it seems the price keeps going up, . Thanks for sharing your joy with this historic machine.
@kamjir86285 жыл бұрын
Friend: bro, can use your calculator Me: you have activated my trap card
@coriscotupi9 жыл бұрын
What an amazing calculator. And beautifully finished, too. Thanks for posting.
@AryzenI8 жыл бұрын
I'm more aligned to digital/electrics, but I must MUST have one of these!
@IAMDIMITRI9 жыл бұрын
Def.. one of the coolest calculators =)
@dutch_blades8 жыл бұрын
Why are these so expensive... :(
@JackpodyDK8 жыл бұрын
And the materials.
@thebravegallade7317 жыл бұрын
Mohammad Alawadhi they don't make this kind of precision gearing and mechanical components anymore cause its impractical expensive, and we have electronagneys and motors to use.
@TassieLorenzo5 жыл бұрын
Demand exceeds (the limited) supply. Quite usual for vintage items that are no longer in production.
@DNBVideo2 жыл бұрын
Great video, thank you for putting it together. Like you, my Curta is one of my prized pieces.
@that_puffsley_guy8 жыл бұрын
#mathgrenade
@Snekki948 жыл бұрын
Riley Wilson #bringthemadness
@that_puffsley_guy8 жыл бұрын
#bringthemathness
@fatihyldz22838 жыл бұрын
lol good one
@Gabrong8 жыл бұрын
you throw this one into a room, full of enemy forces and its calculate their fate in a second. the deadliest 'nade ever.
@soupernutt95082 жыл бұрын
I am not often envious, but you did it, my friend. What a great item for a geek collection. I just looked and they start at over $1,200 (USD) on eBay. Nice!
@karmazynowy_78 жыл бұрын
WTF James May? :D
@MistrZIGZAG8 жыл бұрын
sounds exactly like james may
@SangheiliSpecOp8 жыл бұрын
Szymon Kucharski thats the first thing I thought, I actually checked to see if this was James May's channel after I heard his voice