Last year, I tried the Freewrite Smart Typewriter — an expensive, single-purpose E Ink typewriter that does one thing very well. It lets you draft text with an excellent keyboard and zero distractions ...

Although they’re far from perfect in their modern incarnation, Maker Cameron Coward’s latest video shows us what smart assistants could have been like in the ‘70s, decades before voice recognition and ...

As Apple is set to roll out a major iOS update today, which makes digital distractions available on the iPhone’s lock screen without even having to unlock the device, Astrohaus’ distraction-free ...

Distraction-free writing tools are an admittedly niche category, but Astrohaus’ next device is at least paying homage to a cult favorite. The Freewrite Alpha, announced on August 28, appears to be ...

As someone who writes for a living—between 5,000 and 10,000 words every day—I'm always looking for ways to become more productive and efficient. Which is why I ran across a class of device I never ...

The Freewrite Traveler might be one of the most anticipated writing tools of recent years — and the most elusive. With an E Ink display, scissor-switch keyboard, and a body half the size of a regular ...

Is the tendency to self-edit as you write stalling your momentum? Struggling with the endless distractions of life on your laptop? Freewrite’s single-purpose drafting tools are designed to help you ...

The Freewrite series of typewriters with an E INK screen. They have mechanical keys, making them weighty and easy to type with. The company has released a series of models over the past six years and ...

The AlphaSmart Neo2 is a portable word processor that was released nearly two decades ago as a device that provides a distraction-free writing experience without all the extra stuff that comes with a ...

Writing is, as any of the Hackaday crew will tell you, a task which requires concentration. For your best work there’s a need to be in that elusive Zone, and for some that means making the experience ...

It’s been 15 years since Godrej stopped making them. Typewriters changed so much, for work, and for women. They freed us all, in different ways.