The whole point of a mechanical pencil is to have perfect sharpness forever. Yet without precise engineering and build quality, the standard slender leads are doomed to constant breakages. This ...

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Mechanical keyboards are some of the most beloved among typists and gamers, and typically find themselves on lists of the best keyboards you can buy. They can offer the fastest and most accurate ...

Some coloured pencils are water soluble - water can be brushed over them to blend colours. Water-soluble pencils are usually softer than ordinary coloured pencils and will go blunt more quickly.

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The pencil “lead” is actually a mixture of graphite and clay. More clay in the mixture makes the lead harder. A harder lead has a higher number. Pencils are numbered from 1-3 but most people use a ...

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Few pay much attention, says Ed Conway, author of “Material World”, as recycling is not a “sexy sector”. It is, however, an ...

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The latest technologies eschew the spinning rotors and fancy mechanical contrivances of the past for altogether wilder approaches. A ring laser gyroscope produced by the Arsenal factory in Ukraine.

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