Curta mechanical calculator

[zookuw]

This thing is really cool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYsOi6L_Pw4

Count myself as extremely impressed.

[Ad Bot]

[otto-san]

That's the coolest thing I've seen in awhile.

[Flamecannon]

AHAAAAH

[Dnitro]

somewhat unrelated, but I found this in the related videos bar.

[Sunglasses]

Weird how we find stuff that was made almost more than 100 years ago more fascinating than what we have today

[Xx7xX]

Weird how we find stuff that was made almost more than 100 years ago more fascinating than what we have today

This.

Am I the only one trying to figure out what kind of gears and mechanisms are in that thing, and how they make it work?

[King Leo]

Wow, thats amazing! But with solar pannels on almost all modern calculators, the curta becomes kinda obsolete :P

[e-maxx]

Wow, thats amazing! But with solar pannels on almost all modern calculators, the curta becomes kinda obsolete :P

well this one works in the dark

[otto-san]

well this one works in the dark

but you cant see it in the dark

[Sunglasses]

but you cant see it in the dark

Candle