Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Only one MingKwai prototype is known to exist. A unique experimental typewriter stored in a New York state basement for decades ...

My old friend Alan Winstanley in England just sent me an email with a link to an article in the Telegraph newspaper about how the world’s last mechanical typewriter manufacturer – Godrej and Boyce, of ...

The mechanical typewriters of yore might have long gone out of fashion though the same continues to inspire manufacturers to come up with modern versions of it using the latest advancements in ...

We all know what a typewriter looks like, and how this has been translated directly into the modern day computer keyboard, or at least many of us think we do. Many cultures do not use a writing system ...

There was a time when writing was unmistakably physical. Words didn’t simply appear on a screen; they were struck into ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the anthropological intersections of tech, politics & culture. And this memory came rushing back to me the other day while ...

Before the computer, there was the typewriter. It revolutionized the way we worked and did business. It could also be a thing of beauty. A new book takes a look at both the utility, and the design, of ...

If you have been patiently waiting for the retro typewriter inspired mechanical keyboard to be launched by Adesso, which takes the form of the Adesso AKB-636 Mechanical Keyboard, unveiled earlier this ...