Once a semester, a Cornell University instructor requires her students to complete an in-class assignment using typewriters — ...

The world’s first typewriter goes to auction in Köln (Germany) on 22 March 2025. Just 35 Malling Hansen Writing Balls remain, 30 are in museums and the battle for one of the few remaining specimens ...

The typewriter is, among things, an archetype of today’s computers. But while computers are increasingly products of our disposable consumer culture – assumed and built to be upgraded often – ...

Go back a couple of generations, and rather than a laptop or a luggable, the office accessory of choice was a portable typewriter. As the 20th century wore on, the typewriter became electric before ...

Many wordsmiths have created their magnus opus on typewriters -- tapping away into the early hours of the morning -- but artist Keira Rathbone uses these now largely obsolete machines to type pictures ...

So there you have it. If you’re ever lost in a small Spanish town in the mountains and you see a sign post to a mysterious museum you’ve never heard, you must immediately visit. Presumably there never ...

Typewriters may be long past their heyday, but just because PCs, word processor software, and cheap printers have made them largely obsolete doesn’t mean the world is better off without them. Using a ...