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...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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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20070286584 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, RECORDING/PLAYBACK APPARATUS, PLAYBACK TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM An information processing system is disclosed. The information processing system includes: a recording/playback apparatus; and a playback terminal. The recording/playback apparatus includes an output unit, a management unit, and a playback unit. The playback terminal in... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070223884 | Apparatus and method for determining rendering duration of video frame This invention provides a method and an apparatus for determining a rendering duration. An audio/video recording system is used for recording an audio bit stream and a video bit stream. The audio bit stream includes a plurality of audio frames. The video bit stream incl... | 09/27/2007 |
