I also don&#x27;t buy the story on just how much precision is required, considering the ballpoint pen is a 128-year-old invention.<p>&gt; it requires state-of-the-art machinery and cutting-edge computerized measurement equipment with pinpoint precision to produce, not to mention the ability to produce the high-quality steel material of which it is made.<p><i>Nobody</i> had this in 1950, say nothing about 1888.