...that the Slinky toy was the result of a failed attempt by engineer Richard James to produce an antivibration device for ship instruments? His goal was to develop a spring that would instantaneously counterbalance the wave motion that rocks a ship at sea. Instead, he developed the Slinky.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20050208978 | Mobile device with wide-angle optics and a radiation sensor The invention comprises a mobile device controlled by moving it, for example, by tilting. The mobile device is equipped with wide-angle optics and with a radiation sensor detecting either visible light or infrared radiation. The wide-angle optics may be directed towards... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050193351 | Varying-content menus for touch screens A method and system implementing menus for touch screens. A touch screen shows at least one menu that can be touched with a probe, which is the user's finger, for example. When the touch time of a menu reaches a predetermined time limit, a user is preferably given feedb... | 09/01/2005 |