Back in the 2000s, when touchscreen devices were beginning to become a thing, it was almost compulsory to see them paired with a stylus. In fact, a stylus was considered to be an enabler rather than ...

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From Pencils You Should Know: A History of the Ultimate Writing Utensil in 75 Anecdotes by Caroline Weaver (published by Chronicle Books 2020, all images courtesy Chronicle Books) I hadn’t thought of ...

From sticks of graphite wrapped in string to mechanical pencils made of gold, centuries of innovation went into crafting the perfect writing utensil. The pencil isn't just for the SATs. It is the ...

All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Back in 1979, the ...

I recently challenged the longstanding requirement among math teachers for students to “show your work.” Now it’s time to go after another common math teacher mandate: always use pencil. The reason I ...

For many years I've been searching for a Pencil Of The Month Club, but eventually lost hope and came to terms with being a rare lead appreciator living in an ink and screen world. So when I heard of a ...