Ballpoint pen

Modern · Communication · 1943

TL;DR

Ballpoint pen - requires enrichment with adjacent possible narrative

Ballpoint pen - requires enrichment

What Had To Exist First

Preceding Inventions

Modern fountain pen

Required Knowledge

  • Writing

Biological Patterns

Mechanisms that explain how this invention emerged and spread:

Path Dependence

Related Inventions

Modern fountain pen

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CommunicationVisual media

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