[Tfug] Thank goodness for Bill Gates!

[RushD]

You're both right, saying the same thing, but just different words.

Georges de Mestral is the swiss guy, who one day after walking his dog, while pulling burrs out of his dog came up with the idea of velcro...

see http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa091297.htm

Rush
Tucson AZ
www.ironandwood.org


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Schultheiss" <schultmc at cinlug.org>
To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Tfug] Thank goodness for Bill Gates!


> JD Rogers wrote:
>> On 9/20/06, Chris Hill <ubergeek at ubergeek.tv> wrote:
>> > Without space shuttles we wouldn't have velcro.
>> 
>> Really!? I thought it was some Swiss guy who came up with the idea in
>> the 50's while pulling burrs out of his dog.
> 
> Close:
> 
> Velcro was invented in 1948 by Georges de Mestral, a Swiss engineer.
> 
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