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The Magic 8-Ball Calculator computes your mathematical question that is spoken to it and shows it to you when you tip it over and look at the bottom.
The device looks like a Magic 8-Ball [link], but instead of a purple fluid and a multi-sided geometric answer shape, it consists of a pressure switch,
voice recognition electronics, a tilt switch and a colour LCD display.
When you press on the 8-ball, you activate its voice recognition circuitry. Simply speak the computation, and turn the 8-ball over. The LCD display shows a purple haze, and a geometric shape 'floats' into view with the answer.
Magic 8-Ball
http://www.mattelga...ic8/flash_index.asp
The original 8-ball. [Cedar Park, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
Here's the reverse function
http://www.ticalc.o...info/166/16612.html
Turn your calculator into a Magic 8-ball [Canuck, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
Mysticism on demand
http://8ball.federated.com/
Not the same as this idea.. [yamahito, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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Occasionally it should slip in a "reply hazy, try again" just for effect. |
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I have seen a Magic 8-ball phone that opens in halves, in which the top half has the earpiece and the bottom half has the microphone and dial pad, so I thought this was going to be a variation on that. I was pleasantly surprised by the hi-tech embellishments you suggested. Croissant, with a little grape jelly (purple liquid) on the side. |
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Would there be a message like "Enunciate and ask again" if you didn't speak clearly? |
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Perfect for calculating your tax return... |
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"Oh Magic 8-ball: Does the Goldfish have enough force to..." |
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[Ray]: I don't remember "The Goldfish simply displaces the water, and no force is generated" as one of the classic 8-ball responses. |
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and does the speed at which it rolls across the floor depend upon how big the answer is? |
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The LCD displays the answer and then 'floats' to the window to be seen by the user. |
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[reensure]: "Cannot predict now." |
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But, ultimately I suppose the choice is yours, depending on whether you plan to eat the croissant or the phone. My elf much prefers pastry to electronics. |
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[reap]: //The LCD displays the answer and then 'floats' to the window //
No, my idea was to have a fixed LCD window that shows a computer-generated animation of a shape coming into focus through a liquid. No liquid is harmed in the making of this calculator. |
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[miasere] Just pick 8 or so random numbers covering a large range and call it a fuzzy logic calculator. |
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I would think it would be more fun to have ten floating dodecahedrons or icosohedrons in separate liquid compartments, along with some magnetic means of coaxing them to the proper orientation. |
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You could use a regular lcd display in
actual purple liquid. Loosely tethered by
its circuitry and shaped so that it always
floats face up. |
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