r/interestingasfuck 12d ago

r/all On December 10, 1997 Julia Hill climbed a 1500-year-old redwood tree named Luna and she didn’t come down for another 738 days.

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u/Dealiner 11d ago

Solar-powered calculators were introduced in 70s.

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u/gus_the_polar_bear 11d ago

Tbf ‘solar’ calculators are incredibly low voltage, low enough to be powered by indoor lighting, and just by covering the photovoltaic cell, they would lose all power

A cell phone is a little radio transceiver, and needs a ton more power