Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5535339 | Dual processor controlled compact disk-interactive system A compact disk-interactive (CD-I) system which can reproduce CD-ROMs programmed using different codes as well as general compact disks for use as a multimedia appliance. Besides a first CPU for controlling the operation of the system, a CD drive, and vide... | 07/09/1996 |
