Calculator Mod Includes a Secret OLED Screen, Wifi, and Even a Chat Function

guest · May 26, 2020

Calculator Hacked for Cheating Includes a Secret OLED Screen, Wifi, and Even a Chat Function
May 7, 2020
https://gizmodo.com/calculator-hacked-for-cheating-includes-a-secret-oled-s-1843314318

To discourage cheating, high schools and colleges limit what gadgets can be brought into an exam, and they require students to use very basic calculators if math is involved. But that doesn’t mean cheating is impossible, it just requires considerably more effort, like upgrading a dumb Casio calculator with a secret screen, wifi, and even messaging functionality.

The hack even gives the calculator a rudimentary chat function, with pre-programmed questions and responses. But how does the user covertly browse and navigate the Casio’s new cheating capabilities without drawing attention? Instead of taking over the calculator’s keypad, which would have potentially limited or neutered its ability to crunch numbers, Neutrino came up with a clever interface using hidden sensors and magnets.
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guest · May 26, 2020

Hacker Mods Old Calculator to Access the Internet, CASIO Files DMCA Complaint
May 23, 2020
https://torrentfreak.com/hacker-mod...e-internet-casio-files-dmca-complaint-200523/

After desoldering the solar panel and various other steps, Neutrino managed to squeeze an OLED display into the space, along with a WiFi module and other goodies.

Gizmodo published an article on the invention earlier this month, highlighting that it could potentially be used to cheat in exams. Neutrino says he doesn’t want that but does hope that the hack will inspire others to learn and participate in the ‘maker community’.
But now, just a couple of weeks after winning plenty of praise, the project has also attracted the attention of an anti-counterfeiting organization working for CASIO.

REACT describes itself as a not-for-profit organization with over 30 years experience in fighting counterfeit trade.
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This week REACT wrote to Github, where Neutrino has his ‘Hack-Casio-Calculator‘ repository, with a demand that it should be completely taken down for infringing its client’s intellectual property rights.
The full DMCA notice submitted to Github is available here and claims that the “entire repository is infringing” and that hosted content is a “direct, literal copy of [CASIO’s] work.

“They accuse me of using copyrighted source code in order to modify CASIO’s copyrighted program. But my code has nothing to do with it,” he explains.
“The code was written completely from scratch and all the libraries included in my source file were open-source. [...]’, but in reality whatever the original content they pointed out has nothing to do with my code.”
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Unfortunately, these types of complaints can discourage people from being innovative or sharing their ideas and knowledge, the exact opposite of what Neutrino hoped to achieve.
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