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tactile-computing

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• Napier's bones (1617) is a physical implementation of pre-existing lattice ('gelosia') multiplication, not an original algorithm
  claim seedling Tier 4 2026-07-11 · history-of-mathematics, calculating-instruments, napiers-bones, lattice-multiplication, tactile-computing
• Nicholas Saunderson, blinded in infancy, built a tactile calculating device he called his 'palpable arithmetic'
  claim seedling Tier 4 2026-07-09 · history-of-mathematics, disability, blindness, assistive-technology, tactile-computing