The invention of the Post-It note by 3M was one of the 20th century's great stories of unintentional product design. Two of the company's engineers came up with a mildly sticky adhesive that the ...
MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the things that are happening in Minnesota. Your support right now will help fund their work AND keep our news paywall-free. When 3M began ...
No doubt many of you have spent a happy Christmas tearing away layers of wrapping paper to expose some new gadget. But did you stop to spare a thought for the “sticky-back plastic” holding your ...
Eighty-five years ago this week, the Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company – later to become 3M – sent out the very first reel of transparent sticky tape to a prospective customer. The months spent ...
Spencer F. Silver, the chemist who invented the adhesive that makes 3M’s Post-it notes stick, died May 8 at the age of 80. Silver worked at 3M for 30 years, from 1966 to 1996. He was awarded 37 ...
The invention of the Post-It note by 3M was one of the 20th century's great stories of unintentional product design. Two of the company's engineers came up with a mildly sticky adhesive that the ...
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