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Claude Opus 5.5 builds interactive Curta calculator simulator from photos

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A user leveraged Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 to create an interactive browser-based simulator of the Curta mechanical calculator. The user provided Opus 5.5 with photographs of the calculator and its manuals, prompting it to generate an HTML file using THREE.js. While the internal mechanism simulation is not perfect, the project successfully demonstrates the AI's capability to interpret visual data and technical documentation to build functional applications. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates AI's potential for visual interpretation and code generation in creating functional applications from limited input.

RANK_REASON User-created application using an AI model, not a direct release from the AI lab.

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Claude Opus 5.5 builds interactive Curta calculator simulator from photos

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  1. r/ClaudeAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/timsam ·

    Used Claude to make this Curta simulator in the browser

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1x32mb6/used_claude_to_make_this_curta_simulator_in_the/"> <img alt="Used Claude to make this Curta simulator in the browser" src="https://external-preview.redd.it/YXhzb3NjdHRvc3VoMTJW-EdHTb2dpQeN9ZujgB3HzjrhWiC…

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