Soldering is an easy skill to learn, but it can also be easy to mess up when you're working on really small items. To give yourself a little more control, you can turn a mechanical pencil into a ...

The "lead" in your pencil is misnamed. The gray stuff is actually composed of graphite, which is the stablest form of the element carbon. Its bonded atoms are arranged in planar sheets, layered on top ...

The graphite that slips from the point of your pencil onto a page may be of more use than simply writing and drawing. A team of researchers has shown that simple pencil lines can be used as an ...

Pencilera, a free camera app exclusive to iPad OS, could make it easier to take photos with your tablet when you can’t reach it. It turns the Apple Pencil 2 or the Apple Pencil Pro into a wireless ...

MacGyver would be proud. By drawing a rectangle on a piece of paper with an ordinary pencil, researchers in China have made a strong, highly sensitive sensor that can measure how much it bends. The ...

Thanks to French designer Aleksandar Dimitrov, you can now be a friend to the environment and get yourself organized at the same time. Dimitrov designed a 3D-printed accessory, called the tp Pencil ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Mizzou researchers have shown that a pencil-and-paper electrode can monitor health indicators. Here, the device is demonstrated ...

The Apple Pencil has been a fantastic addition to the repertoire of iPad accessories since its debut. Earlier this year, Apple introduced the new and improved Apple Pencil Pro, with a slew of ...