There’s something beautifully ironic about the fact that we carry supercomputers in our pockets, yet the humble calculator refuses to die. And if designer Mariana Bedrina has her way, maybe it shouldn ...

Some may say that typewriters are a thing of the past, but one young artist proves that it’s quite the opposite. 23-year-old architecture student James Cook creates wonderful artworks using manual ...

ARMONK, N.Y., July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The IBM (NYSE: IBM) Selectric typewriter turns 50 on July 31, commemorating a design icon that revolutionized the day-to-day lives of office workers around ...

Typewriters aren’t really made anymore in any major quantity, since the computer kind of rained all over its inky parade. That’s not to say you can’t build one yourself though, as [Toast] did in a ...

"It was a dark and stormy night." The image of Snoopy sitting on top of his kennel rattling out the opening of his latest bestseller on a typewriter is as familiar as it is cherished. It is also a ...

Later this month, IBM will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Selectric typewriter. Released on July 31, 1961, the Selectric was unarguably a game-changer in the typewriter space. The device–which ...

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The AlphaSmart Neo2 is a portable word processor that was released nearly two decades ago as a device that provides a distraction-free writing experience without all the extra stuff that comes with a ...

IBM's Selectric began its life as a typewriter, but ended it as the first computer keyboard. In the interim, the stylish device became a favored tool of great American writers and dominated the desks ...