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June 24, 2015 / 10:26 AM

Ohio student runs Android OS on graphing calculator

DELAWARE, Ohio, June 24 (UPI) -- An Ohio student shared a video online showing how he was able to hack his Texas Instruments graphing calculator to run a version of the Android operating system.

Josh Max, a student at Ohio Wesleyan University, posted a demo video to YouTube showing how his TI-nSpire CX graphic calculator is able to run the Android OS and bring up apps.

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Max, whose video shows him using the Android system to play Lunar Lander on the calculator, shared all of his project documentation online for fellow hackers seeking to follow in his footsteps with an nSpire CX or a pricier CX-CAS.

The Android 1.6 "Donut" OS, which was first used by phones in 2009, also gives the calculator WiFi functionality via USB.

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