The IBM Selectric Typewriter was the 17th most influential gadget of all-time, according to Time. What innovation to typewriters did the first Selectric introduce in 1961?
Answer Typeball
The Selectric was the first typewriter to offer a typeball or golf ball, a sphere-shaped unit that had all the characters on it, instead of replaced type bars and moving carriages that previous typewriters employed.
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