This month marks 80 years since one of the most influential yet underrated inventions burst onto the market in New York on ...

June 10 is National Ballpoint pen day. Why celebrate such a seemingly simple item? When it was invented, the ballpoint pen was revolutionary. The writing apparatus was invented by Hungarian painter ...

Ladislao José Bíro was born 117 years ago today, and while you may not have heard of him before, you’re surely familiar with his most lasting invention: the ballpoint pen. Google’s latest Doodle ...

Chances are you’ve never heard the name László József Bíró before, but you likely use his history-changing signature invention nearly every day. On Thursday, Google honored the Hungarian genius behind ...

When we talk of the ballpoint pen, we invariably refer to a ‘Biro’, an antiquated technology that will be with us for as long as humans use pens. As David Sax says in his book The Revenge of Analog: ...

A video explaining why certain biro and ballpoint pens have a small hole at the top of the lid has caught the attention of thousands online. Zach D, who has more than two million YouTube subscribers, ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Sept. 29 (UPI) --Google is celebrating what would have been the 177th birthday of ballpoint pen creator Ladislao Jose Biro with a new Doodle. Users who visit Google's homepage ...

An curved arrow pointing right. A French artist is creating beautiful works of art using just a Bic Biro pen. Helena Hauss' pieces are usually 100cm by 70cm which allows her to go into great detail, ...