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Although there’s a small likelihood that there’s a demographic of people who are hopelessly glued to their calculators, the Midtone Calculator by Selek Design shows us something greater. Maybe, to get us off our phones, tablets, etc, we need to make our gadgets less enticing and more utilitarian. While that isn’t a sound marketing strategy, it takes a much more ethical stance on technology addiction, and the Midtone Calculator is a wonderful example of a product built to serve its purpose and not scream for attention.
The Midtone Calculator is simple and straightforward. With a simplistic blockish form, and circular buttons that are neat, refined, and beautifully tactile, the Midtone Calculator literally doesn’t deviate from its singular color scheme. The extremely dialed-down form factor is supported by a single-color scheme with not so much as even print on the calculator. Any labeling, branding, etc. is done in the CAD molding, by adding 3D details (like the numbers and symbols). What’s more is that even the LCD display’s background color matches the color of the calculator (practically down to its Pantone value), making the product look pristine and absolutely unified.
The Midtone Calculator serves its purpose, but doesn’t scream for attention with extra features, colorful buttons, or any ‘fluff’. It would help if technology around us (physical as well as digital) looked to the Midtone Calculator for inspiration. As our species gets hopelessly addicted to products and digital interactions, companies are slowly admitting that the tech-addiction problem indeed does exist, and are working towards breaking them. It would be nice if tech giants could take a page from the Midtone Calculator’s book by building a stellar, remarkable device that fulfills its grander purpose (of serving its end-users), without addicting us with notification lights, app-popups, and bezel-less displays.
A calculator is an office item that is commonly found on desks, but it spends a lot of its time not in use and simply taking up valuable desk space, this is the problem that Two Face sets to solve.
Its designer set out to create a calculator that is always in use and this has been achieved by introducing a secondary function into the design, which in this case, is a clock; a clock was chosen as it is always in use in the background and utilisers the same display as a calculator. The second reason is the most important of the two as the calculator remained being the primary function and so its usability must not be compromised.
A hinge is suitably integrated into the simplistic design just below the screen, this allows the display to rotate for clearer visibility. Both separate functions are easily distinguishable as the device must be rotated 180 degrees in order to see the clock!
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Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have created a handy tool for public use that can help determine if you'll have a recurring problem with kidney stones. The online calculator uses a number of factors about a person's lifestyle and health history to det...
Back in 1980, Casio released a musical, game-playing calculator cleverly named the MG-880. Apparently, kids went wild for the thing, playing a mini Space Invaders-inspired game with just numbers on the LCD screen. Now, Casio is releasing a revival of...
Like textbooks, graphing calculators are still a necessary (and expensive) accessory for math and science students in high school and college. Sure, there are calculator apps for tablets and smartphones, but those are often banned for tests because t...
Despite all the phones and tablets out there, Texas Instruments' graphing calculators continue to survive. The company's latest classroom tool even turns them into a device that can teach kids coding and engineering. TI-Innovator Hub plugs into the c...
Want to prove that you're a cosine champion at your next math exam? Texas Instruments thinks it has the answer. It's trotting out a limited edition version of the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator that comes in a gold-hued (as TI puts it, "Golden Rat...
