...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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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
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| 20110128282 | Method for Generating the Depth of a Stereo Image A method for generating image depth of a stereo image is provided. The method includes the following steps. Firstly, a stereo image is received. Next, a number of paths with greater gradient are searched in the stereo image. Then, the image depths of a number of first p... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20100115153 | ADAPTIVE MULTI-CHANNEL CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR STORAGE DEVICE An adaptive multi-channel controller and its method for a storage device are provided for data transmission between a host and the storage device. The storage device is configured to have multiple channels. A channel use amount is determined based on a data access amoun... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100061640 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING CODE OF HOLOGRAPHIC DATA PAGE A method and an apparatus for detecting code of a holographic data page are provided. First, image information of at least one special pattern in the holographic data page is captured, and the captured image information is integrated into a characteristic symbol (CS) of... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20090238059 | HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND ENCODING/DECODING METHOD THEREOF A holographic recoding medium is provided, having holographic pages. Each page has reference mark (RM) placement areas at fixed locations for placing RM patterns. The reference marks are used to calibrate data images of data areas each of which is enclosed by at least t... | 09/24/2009 |