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In 1956, a Cincinnati nursery teacher read about wallpaper putty being used as clay and convinced her brother-in-law to rebrand it as Play-Doh, 2 billion cans laterA humble wallpaper cleaner found new life as Play-Doh. A Cincinnati teacher, Kay Zufall, saw its potential for children's art. Her brother-...- In 1943, he was trying to solve a World War II crisis, but a failed experiment accidentally created one of the most famous toys ever madeSilly Putty invention: A wartime effort to develop synthetic rubber accidentally led to the invention of Silly Putty. Although the stretchy...
- In the 1860s, an inventor chased an ivory substitute and helped push celluloid into historyIn the 1860s, a billiard ball competition ignited a quest for substitutes for ivory. John Wesley Hyatt's groundbreaking research culminated...
- In 1943, researchers trying to fix America’s rubber crisis unexpectedly led to the creation of Silly PuttyBorn from a wartime quest for rubber, Silly Putty emerged as an unexpected, stretchy, and bouncy material. Initially deemed unsuitable for ...
- In 1943, Richard James knocked a tension spring off a shelf: The strange motion helped create the slinkyBack in 1943, in a workshop filled with ship parts and the hum of wartime, Richard James stumbled upon a fascinating phenomenon – a tension...
- How Richard James Dropped a Spring and Accidentally Created the SlinkyA naval engineer accidentally discovered the Slinky in 1943. Richard James noticed a spring behaving unusually. This observation led to the...
- Quote Of The Day By Henry Ford: “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right.”Henry Ford's revolutionary assembly line transformed car manufacturing, making automobiles accessible to the masses. Despite early failures...
- How a Jaipur surgeon and an artisan created a medical breakthrough that helped a Bharatanatyam dancer return to stage despite losing a legThe Jaipur Foot, now a global symbol of affordable rehabilitation, began with a chance observation by Jaipur artisan Ram Chandra Sharma in ...
- They're stuffed animals. They're also AI chatbots.Curio creates AI-powered stuffed toys like Grem that converse with children, promoting screen-free play. Marketed as helpful sidekicks, the...
- Mr. Trump, do you realize how much the world has changed since you were President?Donald Trump returns to a transformed world. Israel's advanced intelligence operations have weakened Iran, presenting new diplomatic opport...
- Curtain call: From 'Friends' star Matthew Perry to Lisa Marie Presley, influential people who passed away in '23A list of celebs who left us in 2023.
- Queen Elizabeth II, Lata Mangeshkar, Bob Saget & Betty Davis: Remembering influential people who we lost in 2022Here is a roll call of some influential figures who died in 2022.
- To trash or not to trash: Futility of the recycling symbol and plastic conundrumThe unhelpful symbol is just one aspect of a recycling system that is far too confusing to be broadly effective.
- MacKenzie Scott's leap into philanthropy began 3 yrs ago & has already exceeded $12 bn in grants. This is how she did itA privileged child, she left a Connecticut boarding school after her family declared bankruptcy.
- Full text: Mukesh Ambani's speech at RIL's 42nd AGMTogether, Reliance Retail and New Commerce will become the proxy to India's consumption story, Mukesh Ambani said.
- How India lost its rich maritime tradition to EuropeansThere were many reasons attributed to why India’s maritime trade declined. One reason was the tension between the Brahmins and the Buddhist...
- Did Uber steal the driverless future from Google?Self-driving technology has become a fixation for Kalanick. Developing a driverless car, he’s often said, is “existential” to Uber.
- How Kochi innovator Arvind Sanjeev saved you Rs 1 lakhGoogle Glass costs Rs 1 lakh, however, the SmartCap in vented by Kochi-based innovator Arvind Sanjeev costs just Rs 4,500. His invention ha...
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