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Dentaku calculator
Handmade from sustainably-sourced, steam-bent cedar. The calculator runs on solar power, and uses an eco-urethane finish. See http://www.monacca.net/monacca/calculator.html.
This is a beautiful object, but the most environmental impacts in a calculator actually come from the electronic components inside, which the manufacturer hasn’t addressed. The bigger question: do we need calculators at all, when computers and phones can easily calculate?
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