If you're taking math or science courses, you'll most likely only be allowed to use a handheld calculator on exams. When you're on your own, you're better off using something like Python.

Available beginning this fall, the TI-84 Plus CE Python graphing calculator will also include features like a full-color screen and a rechargeable battery that lasts up to a month.

Adafruit has this week announced the availability and arrival of the NumWorks Graphing Calculator which offers the first moddable calculator with a Python interpreter built in. “This truly ...