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Keep a slide rule in your kitchen drawer for scaling recipes

Forget apps and smart displays. The most elegant kitchen calculator is a mechanical device from the 1600s. Entropic Thoughts ...
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AYANEO Pocket PLAY delayed (gaming phone with a slide-out controller)

The AYANEO Pocket Play is an upcoming smartphone with a slide-out game controller that gives you physical buttons and ...
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Slide Rule Component, Indicator

Keuffel & Esser Company, which had its headquarters in New York City, was a leading American maufacturer of slide rules and drawing instruments. Between 1961 and 1971, the company gave the Smithsonian ...
The Mirror

Halifax explains its refund rules as customer left £112 out of pocket

Halifax has responded after a customer had a frustrating experience using a cash machine. The person contacted the bank over social media after they had tried to make a withdrawal. They said they had ...