A light-sensitive stylus wired to a video terminal used to draw pictures or select menu options. The user brings the pen to the desired point on screen and presses the pen button to make contact.

Who needs a 1920×1080 OLED display when you can have an 8×8 matrix of LED goodness? That’s the question [Kathy] asked when she built this LED matrix light pen project. It looks simple enough – a ...

is an editor overseeing The Verge’s product reviews and service journalism programs. Dan has covered the technology world for over a decade at The Verge. What if you had a fancy new metal material ...

A new patent could hint at a future Surface Pen can harvest its power from the LEDs in your Surface's display. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Sometimes the simplest of projects end up revealing the most interesting of things, as for example is the case with [Ryo Mukai]’s light pen for the Vectrex console. It’s an extremely simple device ...

Physicians and repair engineers often use small light pens for visual examination Spurposes. Rugged and expensive as these pens may be, their weak point is the bulb, which is a ‘serviceable’ part. In ...