In spite of the consumer love affair with high-tech tablets and other digital devices, people are still enthusiastic about making their mark using low-tech, graphite-lead pencils. That gave pencil ...

We’ve already seen a pen with silver-based ink, that lets its user draw electrical circuits on ordinary paper. Now, scientists from MIT have brought similar “hands on” technology to the humble pencil ...

(KUTV) For literally hundreds of years, they have been called "lead pencils," despite the fact that what is really inside them is graphite. According pencils.com, it all dates back to England in the ...

EVEN in this day and age, pencils still remain the go-to writing implement for primary schools pupils. Artists still love to do sketches with pencils as they see it as a very versatile drawing media ...

School-supply lists had come in, and I sat in the store dizzied by the multitude of mechanical pencils. Rather than sink dough into something that would be thrown away within a week, I called around ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This set of four short (less than 3-1 ...

Lost to the depths of backpacks, drawers, desks, pockets and car seats, the best writing tools for everyday use are affordable enough that you won’t sweat losing them. Instead of spouting off about ...