Children growing up today can't remember a world without computers. Typewriters, once ubiquitous in offices and considered the cutting-edge way to write, ...

"People still use typewriters because they still work. They offer a distraction-free alternative to the modern day methods for producing a document.

Prisoners can't use personal computers, so Swintec sells its $200 clear cabinet typewriters to them – clear so there's no contraband possible. It is a captive audience. They aren't going anywhere.

Guided by " The Typewriter Revolution," a book by Richard Polt that Durbin described as "walking a line between writing and philosophy," students use typewriters from Durbin's personal collection.

Think, for a moment, about all the tools you use to repair and maintain your car. Now, let me ask you something: what kind of typewriter are you using to check your wheel runout? Wait — you don ...