From: | The Bookworm <Thomas.M.Price@*******.EDU> |
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Subject: | OT Accidental Inventions (Was: Rigger 2 Questions & Problems) |
Date: | Thu, 2 Apr 1998 10:19:33 -0600 |
> Once upon a time, JonSzeto wrote;
> >Also, don't knock the tech just because of its purpose. True, purpose
> >does drive how the SOTA develops, but SOTA isn't based entirely on
> >function. Some of the greatest discoveries happened purely by
> >accident.
> Silly Putty comes to mind but I have a really different values of
> importance.
AHHHHH i just did a speach on this exact topic in Com 105 AKA Public
Speeking. Let me think a second and rember what i ran across in my
research. 1)Penacilan(sp? first Antibiotic) 2)Silly Putty, 3)Slinky,
4)Microwave, 5)Vulcanized Rubber, 6) ice cream cone (sorta) and a bunch
more that i cant rember off the top of my head.
Thomas Price
aka The Bookworm
thomas.m.price@*******.edu
tmprice@***********.com