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Chad Amico

Post-it note - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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inventor history notes

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  • In 1968, Dr. Spencer Silver, a scientist at 3M in the United States, was attempting to develop a super-strong adhesive, but instead he accidentally created a "low-tack", reusable, pressure-sensitive adhesive[1][2] that has been characterized as "a solution without a problem"
  • Fry then developed the idea by taking advantage of 3M's officially sanctioned "permitted bootlegging" policy.[5] 3M launched the product in stores in 1977 in four cities under the name "Press 'n Peel", but its results were disappointing.[6][7] A year later, in 1978, 3M issued free samples to residents of Boise, Idaho, and 94 percent of the people who tried them said that they would buy the product.[6] On April 6, 1980, the product debuted in US stores as "Post-It Notes".[8] In 1981, Post-its were launched in Canada and Europe.[9]
  • In 2003, the company came out with Post-it Brand Super Sticky notes, with a stronger glue that adheres better to vertical and non-smooth surfaces.[10] Standard Post-it Brand notes have only partial adhesive coating on the back, along one edge.
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  • The Yellow Stickee Diary of a Mad Secretary", by Rosa Maria Arenas, is the mini graphic journal of an office worker/artist, exhibited July 7 - August 25, 2013, at the Michigan Institute of Contemporary Art (MICA) Gallery in Lansing, Michigan. The 41 drawings displayed are a tiny percentage of the more than 2000 original drawings that constitute the Yellow Stickee Diary Project which Arenas created while working temp jobs from 1994 to 2005. Printed with archival inks on archival paper, the reproductions include "stickee sized" (3" x 5") framed prints and enlargements of the original drawings (which were all done on post-it notes).
  • Rebecca Murtaugh, a California artist who uses Post-it notes in her artwork, in 2001 created an installation by covering her whole bedroom with $1000 worth of the notes, using the ordinary yellow for objects she saw as having less value and neon colors for more important objects, such as the bed.[10]
  • One such work, by the artist R. B. Kitaj, sold for £640 in an auction, making it the most valuable Post-it note on record.[14]
  • Analogues of Post-it notes have also been used in technology in the form of desktop notes which are computer applications developed to allow users to put virtual notes on their computer desktop. These computerized versions of Post-it notes include 3M's own "Post-it Brand Software Notes", "Stickies" in Mac OS, "Sticky Notes" in Windows,[15] or other non-free applications like ShixxNOTE.[16] Additionally, some web applications have developed Post-it sort notes for online use.
Chad Amico

Inventor of the Week: Archive - 0 views

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inventor archive history

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    • Chad Amico
      Chad Amico on 10 Jan 14
       
      How post it notes were thought of and how the were introduced nationwide
  • Chad Amico on 10 Jan 14
     
    The bottom of the website is the part you will most likely need.
Alana Pearce

Technology, invention, and innovation collections - 0 views

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invention history

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    History 
Tuffer Jordan

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      James T. Russel invented the compact disc in the late 1960s
  • The digital compact disc, now commonplace in stereos and computers, was invented in the late 1960s by James T. Russell.
  • Russell was born in Bremerton, Washington in 1931.
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  • At age six, he invented a remote-control battleship, with a storage chamber for his lunch
  • He was among the first to use a color TV screen and keyboard as the sole interface between computer and operator; and he designed and built the first electron beam welder.
  • Russell was an avid music listener.
  • Like many audiophiles of the time, he was continually frustrated by the wear and tear suffered by his vinyl phonograph records. He was also unsatisfied with their sound quality: his experimental improvements included using a cactus needle as a stylus. Alone at home on a Saturday afternoon, Russell began to sketch out a better music recording system --- and was inspired with a truly revolutionary idea.
  • Russell envisioned a system that would record and replay sounds without physical contact between its parts; and he saw that the best way to achieve such a system was to use light.
  • Russell was familiar with digital data recording, in punch card or magnetic tape form. He saw that if he could represent the the binary 0 and 1 with dark and light, a device could read sounds or indeed any information at all without ever wearing out.
  • If he could make the binary code compact enough, Russell saw that he could store not only symphonies, but entire encyclopedias on a small piece of film.
    • Heather Purpera
      Heather Purpera on 09 Jan 14
       
      His inventing began very young!!!
    • Tuffer Jordan
      Tuffer Jordan on 16 Jan 14
       
      Russell earned his BA in Physics from Reed College in Portland in 1953.
    • Tuffer Jordan
      Tuffer Jordan on 16 Jan 14
       
      At the age of 6, Russell invented a remote-control battleship, with a storage chamber for his lunch.
Alana Pearce

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      Interesting.....
  • Crayolas have also changed with the times: in 1962, the color "flesh" was changed to "peach," since not everyone's skin is such a color; in 1972, flourescent colors were added
  • Crayolas have also changed with the times: in 1962, the color "flesh" was changed to "peach," since not everyone's skin is such a color; in 1972, flourescent colors were added
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  • Crayolas
  • crayons sold per year, in 60 countries. Crayolas have also changed with the times: in 1962, the color "flesh" was changed to "peach," since not every
De Anna Jo Powell

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inventor notes Harry Coover

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      Tells about how he discovered and rediscovered it.
  • The incredibly stable adhesive known as Super Glue ™ was invented by accident in 1942 by Dr. Harry Coover. Today the substance is somewhat of a household necessity, with uses ranging from simple woodworking and appliance repair to industrial binding and medical applications.
  • Born in Newark, Delaware on March 6, 1919, Coover received his B.S. from Hobart College and continued his studies at Cornell University, where he earned an M.S. in chemistry 1942 and Ph.D. in 1944. Shortly thereafter he began working for Eastman-Kodak’s chemical division in Rochester, New York.
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  • conducting research with chemicals known as cyanoacrylates in an effor
  • extremely sticky
  • t to find a way to make a clear plastic that could be used for precision gunsights for soldiers.
  • discovered
  • World War II
  • Moisture causes the chemicals to polymerize
  • bonding
  • would occur in
  • virtually every testing instance
  • Kodak’s chemical plant
  • transferred
  • 1951,
  • re-discovered
  • new potential
  • Eastman 910
  • began marketing it in 1958.
  • Vietnam War
  • apparent that cyanoacrylates could be used to treat war wounds
  • stopped bleeding
  • saved many lives during the war and lead to the eventual approval by the FDA
  • rejoining veins
  • arteries during surgery,
  • punctures or lesions
  • sealing bleeding ulcers
  • stopping uncontrollable bleeding of some soft organs,
  • dental surgery.
  • awarded more than 460 patents
  • wrote at least 60 papers
  • Industrial Research Institute Medal Achievement Award,
  • ACS Earl B. Barnes Award,
  • Maurice Holland Award
  • AIC Chemical Pioneers Award
  • National Inventor's Hall of Fame.
  • De Anna Jo Powell on 15 Jan 14
     
    A very good website
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