AiS Challenge Team Abstract
Team Number: 092
School Name: Silver High School
Area of Science: Historical
Project Title: An Ancient Calculator
It is often wondered how ancient civilizations kept track of their food
stock, population, or livestock. The Incas used a mechanism called a
quipu, a device made of string tied in knots to represent a number,
pronunciation key, or word. They could be added, subtracted, even
multiplied and divided using complex matrix algebra, or they could tell a
story of their history. Quipus are the only physical records today of the
Incas. The goal in this project is to computerize the quipu and
demonstrate the intricate minds of the Incas by manipulating matrices.
The automated quipu will then be applied to jobs today such as accounting
and booking.
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