eCalc Archive

With students going back to class this month, a new online scientific calculator has launched to help with all of your E=mc² needs. Earlier this summer we reviewed an excellent online calculator named eCalc. Encalc is as scientific as you can get. The company describes the calculator as, "Its strength lies in its ability handle units and dimensional analysis, to define variables and its large database of constants. Parenthesis and scientific formulas are also supported."

The entry box can understand real language questions — e.g. "2 cm + 3 meters expressed in feet". There’s a tape of all of your computations for easy reference and if you click a computation it brings it back to edit.

Encalc is a great example of a Web tool that needs an embed option for students and teachers. When your computation is completed, you may want to share it with notes.

Found via Download Squad and Orli Yakuel, eCalc is a free online calculator. There are two calculators – a basic calculator and a scientific version. As Drew noted in his review, Mac and Windows machines come with calculators, but this is a Web world baby!

The calculator functionality is slick, sweet looking and easily readable. I like the size of the buttons and the function tabs. Perhaps they should allow you to move the right panel below so that it could be aligned to the right size of the screen at all times. There’s all kinds of root solvers, complex equation offerings and plenty of other math geek functions.

eCalc also offers a calculator gallery so you can learn about each handheld calculator and read reviews. There are also links to purchase via Amazon.

What would be interesting is a share function so that you can share your computations with other classmates or team members. Perhaps another addon would offer a way to save functions and return to them later on.

Here’s a video demo of how the calculator works: