One day while sitting in class in a Cornell University schoolroom, [Will] and [Michael] thought how cool it would be to send text messages to each other via their Texas Instruments calculators.

This year, high school juniors and seniors will buy a $100 calculator that's older than they are. You remember the TI-83: the brick-sized graphing machine you likely covered in stickers and used to ...

Color screens are an advancement that most graphing calculators have, inexplicably, forgone for ages. But finally, Texas Instruments is moving one of its old battleaxes to Technicolor: the company is ...

Ever imagined a graphing calculator like the TI-84 being able to support Python? Well, that just happened. Graphing calculators have long been a fun way for people to get started with programming.

Anyone who's been through a high-school algebra class surely remembers using a TI graphing calculator. But who had a calculator like this one? Apple started the trend with the rose gold iPhone, and ...

Back to school is officially here! If you’ve found yourself needing a brand new graphing calculator to keep up in math classes, then you’re in luck. Right now, you can save big on Texas Instruments ...

is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, home theater, smartphones, and more. Apple wants to make the iPad an essential tool in ...

[Chris], graphing calculator hacker extrordinaire, has seen a few of his projects show up on the front page of Hackaday, mostly involving builds that turn graphing calculators like the TI-84 Plus ...

Math students have a love-hate relationship with the funky, expensive TI-84 graphing calculators, but thanks to a new deal, they'll soon get a free option. Starting this spring, pupils in 14 US states ...

(CNNMoney) A glimmer of hope has arrived for parents tired of having to buy their high school students an overpriced calculator. Smarter Balanced, which administers school proficiency tests in 15 ...