Totally Random Pen Stuff 8 is a round-up of interesting pen related blog posts that we have recently come across.
General Interest
Rollerball Pen Writes Electronic Circuits
OK, this has to be one of the coolest rollerball pens ever: It writes with silver ink that dries into functioning electronic circuitry.
According to MSNBC, the pen was developed by engineering students from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
25 Year Old Uniball Still Works
Are you one of those people who get excited when you manage to keep the same pen for six months without losing it?
Then how about this: A stationers in London recently discovered a Uniball pen that had been tucked away for 25 years – and it still works.
The UB100 is a basic stick pen with a blue plastic barrel. It was launched by Mitsubishi Pencil Co. in 1979, the first rollerball pen to use a metal tip at the time, thus earning the name “uni-ball.”
Zebra Expandz Ballpoint Pens Available in Three Splendid New Barrel Colours
I am a big fan of Zebra pens they are of the high quality that you would expect from a Japanese manufacturer and among their range are some quite unique pens that are very practical.
One such pen is the highly popular Zebra Expandz ballpoint pen with an expandable and retractable barrel which is only 103mm in length when closed and 133mm when the barrel is expanded.
A Review of the Writing and Marking Instruments Market
A reminder that here at The Pen Vibe, we take our pens and pencils seriously when we caught up with an outstanding piece of analysis from Global Industry Analysts Inc.
A considerable increase in the application of hi-tech communication, and data transfer technologies over the past few years as we have all seen – hands up who does not use email? Yet despite this the writing instrument market continues to be active, innovative and growing and despite the electronic threat is still part of the daily routine for both the child at school and the guy in the office.