It’s a debate as old as time and has had the world’s finest intellectuals at war for years – what is better to write with, fountain pens or ballpoint pens? Okay, maybe it’s not that serious, but if ...

The idea of replacing the nib with a little metal ball rolling in a socket to collect and deliver ink isn't a new one. In 1888, the American John J. Loud patented a crude ballpoint pen that could ...

June 10 is National Ballpoint pen day. Why celebrate such a seemingly simple item? When it was invented, the ballpoint pen was revolutionary. The writing apparatus was invented by Hungarian painter ...

I know I’m not alone when I say that I hate writing with ballpoint pens–cheap, clumsy, no-good ballpoint pens. They make my signature look like it came from some 7-year-old kid who’s just learning ...

Researchers at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis have developed ink pens that allow anyone to handwrite flexible, stretchable optoelectronic devices on everyday ...

Nobody wants to be taking notes, journaling, or drawing only to have their work bleed through the page. While bleed-resistant pens can come in a variety of styles, certain pen types tend to be more ...

The invention of the printing press revolutionized duplication of the written word, giving the hands of tired scribes a break and making written material more accessible. A similar breakthrough has ...