Typewriters

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This Typewriter Turns Hemingways Into Picassos

1:40AM December 6, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

If a picture’s worth a thousand words, an oil painting has to be worth a few hundred more. At least oil paintings created with Tyree Callahan’s Chromatic Typewriter which lays down different hues of paint instead of letters. More »


Gadgets

Artist Turned Typewriter Into This Sculpture Of Your Grandpa

12:00AM May 8, 2011 | Kwame Opam

What with all the recent buzz about the death of the typewriter — that turned out to be super false — artist Jeremy Mayer went ahead and created this piece, Bust V (Grandfather), to comment on the hullabaloo. More »


Gadgets

They’re Shutting Down The Last Typewriter Factory (Or Not!)

2:00PM April 26, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Sitting in my living room is an aqua Remington Streamliner, a boxy 1950s typewriter. It’s missing the right-hand Shift key and has an exclamation point but no number one. As of this week, it’s now part of an extinct breed. More »


Gadgets

Typewriters Are Still Awesome

4:40AM April 2, 2011 | Sam Biddle

This is not an April Fools joke! Typewriters are wonderful. Obsolete, sure. But they’re beautiful, satisfying to use, and, hey, they work really well. Here’s LIFE’s salute to the machines and the wonderful people who used them, like cat lover (?) Marlon Brando, up top. More »


Gadgets

It’s Amazing How Many Parts And Pieces Are Inside A Typewriter

4:00AM February 13, 2011 | Casey Chan

I’m literally shocked at how many parts are inside a typical typewriter. I really thought it would be one of the easiest gadgets to make, I mean, who knew there were so many connectors, screws, wires, cables and a million other metal objects I can’t even describe. Just take a look at the picture and think how hard it would be to re-build the damn thing. More »


Computing

Have The Best Of Both Worlds With A Modded USB Typewriter

2:00PM August 31, 2010 | Sam Biddle

With one foot in the present and another firmly in the past, these DIY instructions will turn that beautiful vintage typewriter in the attic into an awesome part of your digital routine. And give you some serious literary street cred. More »


Entertainment

The Police Academy Guy’s Expansive Oral History Of Typewriters

5:20AM June 18, 2010 | Brian Barrett

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If you’re curious what the crazy sound effects guy from the Police Academy movies has been up to lately, here’s your answer: narrating – if that’s the right word – 115 years of typewriter history with, well, crazy sound effects. More »


The USB Typewriter Makes Typing On iPad Even Slower

7:40PM June 14, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Forget the plethora of keyboard peripherals for the iPad – this is the only one you need. If you don’t mind typing at a speed of three words a minute, that is. More »


Gadgets

Meet The Last Generation Of Typewriter Repairmen

6:40AM June 2, 2010 | Matthew Shechmeister - Wired.com

It’s easy to forget how much time computer word-processing programs have saved the writing public. Before computers, any typewritten document that needed revision had to be retyped again and again. And that’s hardly the end of it. More »


Gaming

Typewriter Outfitted With Joystick Is The Only PC Gaming Accessory You Need

8:36PM May 17, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

This typewriter will look familiar to many of you – in fact, your parents might still have one tucked away, like mine do. I’m willing to bet your ‘rents didn’t have a giant red joystick sticking out of theirs, though. More »