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Arthur Benjamin doing “mathemagic”

Wow, I was watching this yesterday and I am thoroughly impressed by Arthur Benjamin’s amazingly fast mind. He’s combining his love for math and magic together to put on this spectacular show of numbers. Watch until the end because it … Continue reading

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Texas Instruments TI-108 calculator

When I was in elementary school, teachers used to hand out these crappy TI-108 calculators to us during standardized testing. They were terrible. The buttons would always get stuck and generally speaking they just felt cheap. I always tried to … Continue reading

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Math teacher's April Fools shadow prank

This is a wonderful prank! :) Matthew Weathers, a teacher at Biola University, made this April Fools shadow prank video for his class. Coordination in these sorts of videos are key and he did a great job here. [via]

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Play Number Munchers online for free!

Man, forget Oregon Trail, the game you need to be playing right now on the Virtual Apple II website is Number Munchers! I kid you not, this is the game that helped me learn my multiplication tables and it’s great … Continue reading

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The Onion: Shitload Of Math Due Monday

Let me just say, that this Onion article starts like this: In what many are calling a complete bullshit move, Riverside High School algebra teacher Mrs. Trella, 34, assigned her sixth-period class an assload of math homework due Monday. Basically, … Continue reading

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Binary marble adding machine (or MATH WITH MARBLES)

The Binary Marble Adding Machine by Matthias Wandel is just extraordinary. It’s a simple 6-bit calculator that’s completely analog, meaning that the entire thing is made of wood and is activated by marbles! There are no actual computer parts to … Continue reading

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