...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6932373 | Articulated pendulum steering system An articulated pendulum steering system for an articulated vehicle having a front vehicle section and a rear vehicle section, the system including a vertical bearing pin supported by at least one movable joint support, and a movable joint pin supported by at least o... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6873877 | Distributed production system for digitally encoding information A method and system for encoding digital information is disclosed. According to the method, media program information is captured and used to produce a media program file. An encoding request is received from a client which requests that the media program informatio... | 03/29/2005 |