Parents in Japan often try to give their offspring a leg up by ensuring they learn early on how to use the abacus. While the sound of sliding beads making clacking sounds on a small wooden frame may ...

The quest to develop ever-faster and more powerful computers has led to one of the most rudimentary methods of counting being given a 21st century make-over. An international team of researchers, ...

The abacus, that ancient, no-batteries-required, bead-based calculator, is making a comeback in after-school programs across Canada. The schools, which are modelled after programs common across India ...

Put your money where your mouth is, literally. Abacus beads or abacus seeds are a Hakka Chinese dish with a long history that can be traced back to the Song Dynasty (from 960-1279). These chewy little ...

Learn Abacus at Home: Learning the abacus is an important step in a child’s development. It is a fantastic way to improve mental math skills, concentration, and overall cognitive abilities. In this ...

1095-90 BC: Earliest date of possible origin of abacus calculation in China. Supported by the 1976 archaeological discovery of 90 ceramic beads in Qi county, Shaanxi province. But some believe the ...

For this series, we've been thinking a lot about some of the iconic objects that some of us remember using — if only for a short period of time — in our early schooling. Slide rules, the recorder, ...