From Kitchen Chemistry to Office Staple: The Hidden Science of Correction Tape

Published on June 26, 2025, 5:21 a.m.

It’s 1951. Imagine the rhythmic clatter of an IBM electric typewriter, a sound that fills offices across America. You’re a secr…

The White Revolution: How a Secretary's Kitchen Blender Gave Us the Pentel Presto! Correction Pen

Published on June 26, 2025, 5:12 a.m.

It all begins with a mistake. A single, imperfect keystroke. For Bette Nesmith Graham, a secretary in Dallas in 1956, this was …

The Tiny Road Paver on Your Desk: A Material Scientist's Guide to Correction Tape

Published on June 26, 2025, 4:37 a.m.

It began, as so many brilliant inventions do, not in a sterile laboratory but in a place of everyday frustration. The year was …