Google Gets ‘Magical’ Graphing Calculator Capability
- Posted on December 6, 2011 at 4:20pm by
Liz Klimas
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Raise your hand if you‘ve ever used Google to do some simple division or to add a bunch of numbers together when you didn’t have your calculator handy. If you enjoy the convenience of Google’s calculator-like capabilities, there is a new function that may intrigue you. You no longer have to dust off your graphing calculator anytime a trigonometric, exponential or other similar functions is required of you. That’s right: Google now has graphing calculator capabilities.
Here’s what Google engineer and self-proclaimed math lover Adi Avidor had to say about this new function on Google’s blog:
I still recall the day when my friend Yossi came to school and showed off his brand new graphing calculator. I was stunned by how easy it was to plot complicated functions — meanwhile, the rest of us were still drawing them by hand on graph paper.
Today, I’m hoping to share that magical feeling with students around the world, with the introduction of graphing functionality on Google. Now you can plot mathematical functions right on the search result page. Just type in a function and you’ll see an interactive graph on the top of the search results page.
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I hope students and math lovers around the world find this experience as magical as I found the graphing calculator so long ago.
It may be, as Gizmodo says, “Google’s nerdiest move ever,” but who knows, someday parents of school age children may be spared the expense of a T9-83+ and students will use Google instead. It does come in far more interesting colors than the calculator versions.
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Atokaite
Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:09amSoftware to do this type of Trig Graphing has been around since Hector was a pup.
Report Post »Used it on many Arerospace projects, which software then was privately owned by corp.
Concerned that the HS kids will never learn the Functions, meaning of such and just what the graphs are telling us.
Google adaptation insures this will soon be worldwide useage.
Semper Fi
Stoic one
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 1:14pmI will need this to do my taxes in 2013 IF things do not change.
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 3:35pmA. What do you mean IF?
B. 2013? Try 2012.
Report Post »kourage
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 7:49amLike the concept, but where is it on Google? Tried a regular search of a function, tried “Google graphing calculator” and got plenty of articles but no actual graph.
Report Post »Domandred
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 11:50amPut the formula you want a graph for right in the google search box
Report Post »tharpdevenport
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 3:38amNo, Google is free now, but one day it will start going routes like YouTube, with some videos being required to pay to see. One day you’ll need to make a “small fee” to use certain services, or a small yearly fee to use all services unlimited.
They’ve already started capping searching — you get an error messege if you go too many pages saying it looks like you’ve done a lot and to further continue, you need to enter this code to move on. One day that will change to, “You’ve used you maximum number of searched for today, sorry”. Then the pay services will be not too far behind. Just watch…..
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 1:18amNOW GIVE IT TO THE GOVERNMENT ………………….. they need all the help they can get in the math department
Report Post »grayling646
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 2:10amAll the gubmint needs is to learn how to cipher ‘rithmatic.
Report Post »Lamarr01
Posted on December 8, 2011 at 12:25am2 + 2 = 4 but sometimes it might equal 5 or 6.
Report Post »Brooke Lorren
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 12:26amI didn’t even know that they had a calculator function.
Report Post »MrObvious
Posted on December 6, 2011 at 10:34pmCool – now lets have them make it 3d.
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