Doodling or making quick notes with pencil and paper is so old school. Cheap. Dependable. Easy to use. Erasable. But old school. Enter the digital sketchpad/notepad. No wasted paper.

Ah, the poor calculator: so plain, yet so essential, like the Swiss Army knife of the academic world. The thing is, as I have now learned, not all calculators are created equal. So let me now take ...

This method of making paper quickly made its way around the world. It wasn't long after that poor old papyrus got pushed to the side. Pulp paper mills would become modernized with the first ...

Go to a meeting at a nice hotel or conference venue, and you'll likely find a fresh pad of paper and a pencil or pen neatly set out at each place. This seems like a pleasant anachronism in an age ...

Result has parents fooled -- they thought their kids would prefer electronic method; Parents say SAT needs an overhaul; Typing proficiency and math figuring among computer hurdles ...

These seemingly simple pencil-and-paper games were all invented by mathematicians. They call for two players and some strategic thinking. By Mary Jane Callister First published in the 19th century ...

The lines of graphite that a pencil makes on paper are conductive and can convey electrical signals that are present on the surface of human skin from underlying organs. An electrocardiogram (ECG ...

How to send GIFs on Instagram DM in the mobile app. 1. Open the Instagram app and enter your Message window by tapping the paper airplane icon in the upper right-hand corner of your newsfeed or by ...

Click one to open it, or start a new one by clicking "Send Message" or the pencil-and-paper icon. There are two ways to start a new conversation. Meira Gebel/Business Insider ...

FiftyThree, in contrast, seems to have tailor-made Pencil for Paper—and for Paper only. While the stylus will still work like a regular capacitative tool in other apps, its special features only ...

One of the problems with the old Apple Pencil was that it was a bit too easy to lose. With the new iPad and Pencil this should get a lot harder, as the two are paired together with magnets.