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14 unusual facts about Casio


Biorhythm

Biorhythm programs were a common application on personal computers; and in the late 1970s, there were also handheld biorhythm calculators on the market, the Kosmos 1 and the Casio Biolator.

Calculator input methods

Most graphing calculators by Casio and Texas Instruments use this method.

Casio G'zOne

G'zOne is a series of water, shock and dust resistant telephones manufactured by Casio.

Hatsudai Station

The area around Hatsudai Station is home to corporations such as Lotte, Casio and NTT East, as well as to the Kanto International Senior High School.

Hedluv + Passman

They are the originators of Casio rap, a genre where lyrics are laid over simple homemade beats.

Jim Halsey

Halsey is the co-creator of the Billboard/Starmaker Worldwide Song Contest which is entering its 19th year, and is co-sponsored by Sonicbids, Disc Makers, Casio, GoGirlsMusic.com, D'Addario Strings, TAXI, Indie Band Manager and BluBlocker Sunglasses.

Kevin Poon

In September 2012, CLOT collaborated with Japanese brand Casio to produce the G-Shock 30th anniversary wristwatch.

Philippine Airlines Flight 434

Yousef removed an altered Casio digital watch from his wrist to be used as a timer, unpacked the remaining materials from his dopp kit, and assembled his bomb.

United States prosecutors said the device was a "Mark II" "microbomb" constructed using Casio digital watches as described in Phase I of the Bojinka plot, for which this was a test.

Ricky Berens

Berens was also featured in a print advertisement for a Casio watch, which ran in the December 2011 issue of Details magazine.

Screen-labeled function keys

Casio calculators use the function keys for a menu at the bottom of the screen.

The Picture is Dead

Instruments used by Bryan Cornell include: Frostwave Resonator, Moog CP251, Moog MF103 (Phaser), Korg MS10, Metasonix TM-1SE, Blacet Time Machine, Blacet I/O module, Boss DD5 Delay, Mackie 1202 board, Shure SM 58 mic, Casio PT-1.

This Is Such a Pity

All the keyboards on the song were done using a $75 Casio keyboard.

TV80

New Scientist warned that the technology used by the device would be short-lived, in view of the liquid crystal display technology being developed by Casio.


Casio Wave Ceptor

CASIO mentions that in Europe, the watches will tune to the low frequency time signal radio station DCF77 located at Mainflingen in Germany or MSF at Anthorn (formerly transmitting from Rugby, Warwickshire) in the United Kingdom.