The answer depends on how you define calculator. The first calculators were people. Blaise Pascal built a kind of calculator in the 17 century. It was powered by a human turning a knob or pulling a crank. The first widely used desk calculators were powered by electricity.
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The energy transformation that is in a solar powered calculator is:Device: Solar-powered calculatorInput:Solar energy and Chemical energyOutput: LightThere is 2 ways a Solar-powered calculator is worked by: Solar power and batteries. In the batteries there is chemical. On the solar powered calculator there is a little solar panel. The calculator needs light to power it up. If there is no light the batteries would be it's backup. The numbers are shown by light that the power or batteries and solar power would produce.
solar cells
light
45nm
solar cells
When we have pockets.....
Radiant Energy
1 mW
Solar power, ie, the sun.
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