Sasaki is the father of electronic calculator is dead, at the age of 102 years old

Set the micro-network news, NHK report published by the Japan Association, the father of electronic calculators, former vice president of SHARP Sasaki is the death of January 31. His lifetime efforts to the successful development of liquid crystal electronic calculator and the instantaneous popularity has become almost today Every family or even every student has a calculator in hand.

Today, many basic electronic calculator technology, such as the use of LCD screens, the use of solar panels, etc., are the main team led by Sasaki R & D technology.

Sasaki was on the morning of January 31, died of pneumonia, at the age of 102. Sasaki, known as the father of electronic calculators, contributed a lot to the development of civilian calculators in Japan after he entered SHARP's predecessor, Hayakawa Electric Industries, in 1964. He is also one of the few Japanese to be an honorary member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).