In 1931, a journalist noticed that newspaper ink dried faster than his pen, which led to the invention of the ballpoint pen

While reporting on the latest stories, Hungarian journalist László Bíró found himself frustrated by the black smudges left by ...
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A Man Invented a Ballpoint Pen to Write Upside Down, NASA Took It to Space

A joke said that NASA invested one million dollars in creating a pen that could work into space, while the Russians just used a pencil. But the things were different. Way different. The truth is that ...
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In 1938, Laszlo Biro noticed newspaper ink dried instantly while his fountain pen smudged, and this led to the creation of the modern ballpoint pen

In the late 1930s, a Hungarian journalist, László Bíró, found himself facing the same problem every day. His fountain pen left smudges on paper, whereas the ink used for newspaper production dried ...