#accidental invention

Stories tagged “accidental invention” in the Weird Science History archive — 4 stories connected by this topic.

• The Rocket Scientist Whose Leaky Fridge Idea Became the Super Soaker
• The Burrs Stuck to a Dog That Became Velcro
• The Slinky: The Walking Spring That Fell Off a Navy Workbench
• The Weak Glue That Took Six Years to Find a Job — and Became the Post-it Note

Related topics: #engineering #toys #biomimicry #NASA #patents #physics