On June 10, 1943, the patent for the ballpoint pen was filed. To celebrate National Ballpoint Pen Day (#BallpointPenDay), we've pulled together writing implements from across our collection. National ...

Pencils, erasers, ballpoint pens - it was always fun to start a new term with a new brace of equipment in your pencil case. And have you ever thought about the history behind those school essentials?

The Japanese concept of continuous industrial improvement helps to explain Beijing’s technological success. Read more at straitstimes.com.

So when I saw Astropad had developed a special Apple Pencil tip that mimics a ballpoint pen that works with its screen cover that’s designed to feel like paper, I knew I had to try it. Rock Paper ...

The two companies have few competing products between them. Mitsubishi Pencil, known for its uni brand ballpoint pens, pencils and erasers, offers products mostly priced under 1,000 yen ($6.63).

With pandemic shutdowns, heartbreaking deaths, and a need to relearn America’s story, it certainly seems time to set down the ballpoint pen, and pick up the old pencil and eraser again. We have a lot ...