Explore how the mental abacus enables unique calculation techniques, bypassing verbal processing and traditional working memory limits. While some of the most brilliant mathematicians have been known ...

A Japanese abacus (soroban) held over an older style Chinese abacus (suan pan). Photograph by Forrest M. Mims IIIFORREST M MIMS 111 Photo Caption: A Japanese abacus (soroban) held over an older style ...

A teenager who once struggled with simple sums is now a maths whizz after using an ancient learning system. Dhruv Maheshwari, 16, was struggling at school when his mum started to tutor him using an ...

A kid who was struggling at school is now a maths genius after his mum taught him to use an ABACUS - which she says can help today's children. Dr Rashmi Mantri, 45, used the ancient technique she ...

Apple’s abacus emoji is wrong. Or, technically not “wrong” per se, in that you can probably still use it do math if you actually know how to use an abacus (I do not). But still, that ever useful emoji ...

At a time when children are becoming habituated to mobile phones, calculators and other gadets, sliding beads on wires in a wooden frame - the abacus is gaining popularity among some of the children ...

In a stunning display of mental math agility, Team Ghana represented by Shenmo Ghana swept the top awards at the prestigious second African Shenmo Cup, International Abacus Mental Olympiad. The ...

In order to accommodate the demand for its after-school math program, Abacus West in Redmond is expanding to include another location for the upcoming spring semester. April 4, 2012 3:47 pm In order ...