Did You Know...
...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6026110 | Distributed feedback semiconductor laser with gain modulation The invention provides a complex coupled distributed feedback (DFB) semiconductor laser device with energy band gap modulation. The device comprises an active region formed on a substrate, and a barrier region adjacent the active region, the energy band g... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6019167 | Liquid immersion cooling apparatus for electronic systems operating in thermally uncontrolled environments The invention relates to a passive liquid immersion cooling apparatus for electronic systems operating in thermally uncontrolled environments. The apparatus comprises an external shell, defining a chamber with a plurality of heat dissipating components di... | 02/01/2000 |
