...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 |
| 6253169 | Method for improvement accuracy of decision tree based text categorization A text categorization method automatically classifies electronic documents by developing a single pooled dictionary of words for a sample set of documents, and then generating a decision tree model, based on the pooled dictionary, for classifying new docu... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6226405 | Method and apparatus for updating node position In order to change the positions of a plurality of nodes that constitute a line or a surface, following steps are executed: storing in a storage device data of a normal for each node; changing the position of each node and storing the position information... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6215480 | Dynamic cylindrical display for pen-sized computing A computer dynamic cylindrical display provides a natural scrolling capability, giving the appearance of a much larger display in a very small size. The display encloses the electronics of the device and contains a simple weighted cam that senses roll (us... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6212532 | Text categorization toolkit A module information extraction system capable of extracting information from natural language documents. The system includes a plurality of interchangeable modules including a data preparation module for preparing a first set of raw data having class lab... | 04/03/2001 |