Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| 7928610 | Two-hand switch device Task—To provide a two-hand switch device that requires only a small load for each operation cycle. Means to Achieve the Task—The device comprises a left hand RF antenna placed in such a position as to enable a communication with the first RFID tag worn on... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7874073 | Nose hair cutter To provide a nose hair cutter, comprising a blade configures to cut nose hair, a motor which drives a movable blade of the blade, and a fan which is driven by the motor to suck pieces of the nose hair cut by the blade into a body. ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7792553 | Wireless sensor device A wireless sensor device including a sensor configured to sense a target object and provide a sensor signal of varying levels indicative of condition of the target object, a signal processing circuit configured to amplify the sensor signal and provide an amplified e... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7784104 | Power tool system A power tool system with enhanced antitheft capability has a hand-held power tool and a wearable piece worn by the user. The wearable piece incorporates a certification unit which stores an identification code specifying the power tool and transmits the identificati... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7772717 | Dual wiring system A dual wiring system which has improved easy exchangeability and function expandability of function unit, and is capable of constructing a higher-order system by controlling plural function units in a coordinated fashion. A plurality of base units are mounted in wal... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7757404 | Personal trimming system A personal trimming system includes a main body having a motor and a part of a driving unit for converting a rotation of the motor into a reciprocating motion; and a head portion having a driven member moving in a reciprocating motion. The head portion is pivotably ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7754135 | Three dimensional structure producing method and producing device A three-dimensional object is made by repeating a process. An optical beam is irradiated on a predetermined portion of a powdery layer to form a sintered layer. A new powdery layer is formed on a surface of the sintered layer. An optical beam is irradiated on a pred... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7595845 | Television switch module A television switch module for switching output lines of television high frequency signals, comprising: first and second input lines for respectively inputting television high frequency signals; first and second amplifiers for respectively amplifying input signals; ... | 09/29/2009 |
