ASMR Math Tools (clicking, tapping, pointing, soft speaking)

NOTE: As of 01/08/2018, you can find a bonus video about a second slide rule (originally intended to be included in this video) in “The Junk Drawer” playlist. Direct link is here:    • Metal Slide Rule  

Welcome back, friends! I called this video "ASMR Math Tools", because it fit on the thumbnail much better than "ASMR Slide Rule and Vintage Calculator", which is more technically accurate. ;-)

I found my college calculator recently, and was inspired to put this video together about that era of the first calculators in the early-to-mid 1970's, and the personal calculating tool that they very swiftly replaced, the slide rule.

With its amazingly clicky buttons, I would argue that the TI-30 calculator is the ORIGINAL FIDGET CUBE, if, you know, the fidget cube was oddly rectangular rather than a cube, and, um, could do math. But otherwise, they're EXACTLY the same. ;-)

While this isn't a math video per se, I do take a moment to show how a slide rule works, and show a multiplication example solved on one. Also, the slide rule in this video provides an unexpected historical diversion, leading me to talk a bit about the Army Specialized Training Program, a WW2-era program used to try to meet the wartime demands for both junior officers and soldiers with technical skills.

This video includes clicking, tapping, and plastic sounds, and well as pointing and soft speaking. If you enjoy this video or any of my other work here on channel, I'd enjoy having you on board as a subscriber!

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