iPhone Abacus, old wine in a new bottle
Our iPong article was referred to from all over the globe, and that made us realize how hot a topic the iPhone and its application development is. So, today I introduce another iPhone (non-authorized) app by a Japanese developer, the iPhone Abacus.
Sorry for my ignorance, I do not know to what extent abaci are used worldwide in this modern computer era. In case it is not known in your region, an abacus is a hand calculating assistant tool originated in (I believe) China. In Japan, abacus is called “Soroban”. Its use is still taught to kids nationwide, as it is widely believed it empowers your mental arithmetic skill.
iPhone Abacus reproduces this abacus on the iPhone. With the motion sensor, you can reset the abacus and calculate by moving stones with your fingers over the touch panel. How funny to use the latest computing power to mimick a traditional manual calculation tool.
You can see how to use it here. The developer, Mr. Kako, kindly gave us a permission to show it here. Great implementation.
The application can be downloaded onto your iPhone. The source code is also available (the instruction says you need an unofficial build tool iPhone toolchain).
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Author Information Akky Akimoto is one of the first pro-bloggers [J] in Japan. As an individual he writes for Asiajin and his own Japanese weblog. He also produces web services including IvRead.com and Narabe.com. Twitter @akky 3 Responses to “iPhone Abacus, old wine in a new bottle”
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算盘，我希望iPhone触摸屏的敏感度足以应付一名熟练选手的快速手技。新闻出处…
clever developer created this abacus app for the iPhone. You use the touchscreen to move the balls up and down to do your calculations, and i has a motion sensor so that you can shake the phone to clear it. You can see a video of it in action here.Link
clever developer created this abacus app for the iPhone. You use the touchscreen to move the balls up and down to do your calculations, and i has a motion sensor so that you can shake the phone to clear it. You can see a video of it in action here.Link(via TOKYO MANGO)
clever developer created this abacus app for the iPhone. You use the touchscreen to move the balls up and down to do your calculations, and i has a motion sensor so that you can shake the phone to clear it. You can see a video of it in action here.LinkAbacus iPhone App Offers Alternative to the Calculator(title unknown) Originally from MiniBOT’s shared items in Google Reader
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