No, we are not talking about complex numbers - it's much more important.
A TI-83 Plus saved recently a life!
When a mugger attacked and shot at Middle Tennessee State University student Elizabeth Pittenger after a class last Thursday evening, a TI-83 Plus graphing calculator in her purse helped to stop the bullet. Pittenger had borrowed the calculator from a friend for a personal finance exam.
"The calculator was the first thing the bullet hit. It looks like it went in long ways," said Pittenger, 22, a senior psychology major scheduled to graduate in December. Pittenger added that when she called her sorority sister, Mandy Morgan the calculator’s owner, she said "Your calculator took a bullet for me."
Source: TI Press Release
Regards,
Joerg