Well, this wins points for creativity. Computer scientist Chris Gregg of Tufts University decided he wanted to turn his vintage, 1960s Smith Corona electric typewriter into a printer. It turned out to ...

An electric typewriter is a rare and wonderful thrift store find, and even better if it still works. Unfortunately, there’s not as much use for these electromechanical beauties, so if you find one, ...

Chris Gregg has created a fantastic printer using a retro classic mechanical typewriter which can be used as a printer thanks to the power of the Arduino platform and a bag full of solenoids which ...

If you want to talk to a typewriter using something other than your fingers on the keys, you could do a lot worse than to pick up a specimen featuring a Centronics parallel port. That’s what happened ...

This project is a conversion of a 1960 Smith Corona Sterling 12 electric typewriter into a printer using Arduino and a couple of solenoids. The project uses 48 push-type solenoids and placed into a ...

There are cheaper and quicker ways of getting your hands on a printer — but hackers and makers will at least give credit to the creator of this music-playing printer/typewriter for its originality.