the accidental invention of bubble wrap & . . .

the invention of bubble wrap & various other accidental inventions . . .

01) * the accidental invention of bubble wrap (u.s.a.) . . .

* alfred w. fielding & marc chavannes’ textured wallpaper attempt was an absolute failure in 1957, however . . .

* if you want to see creative wallpaper look here | wanda tapete |

02) the accidental invention of post-it notes (u.s.a.) . . .

03) the accidental invention of velcro (switzerland) . . .

04) the accidental invention of the safety pin (europe & u.s.a) . . .

05) the accidental invention of plastic (belgian) . . .

06) the accidental invention of safety matches (sweden) . . .

07) the accidental invention of vulcanized rubber (u.s.a.) . . .

08) the accidental invention of x-rays (bavaria) . . .

09) the accidental invention of safety glass (france) . . .

10) the accidental invention of champagne (france | england) . . .

& images of multiple muselets from bottles of champagne . . .

11) the accidental invention of dynamite (sweden | russia | switzerland) . . .

12) the accidental invention of penicillin (england) . . .

13) the accidental invention of cornflakes (u.s.a.) . . .

14) the accidental invention of the pacemaker (u.s.a.) . . .

15) the accidental invention of LSD | lysergsäure-diethylamide (switzerland) . . .

& michael pollan, on the “psychedelic renaissance”

16) the accidental invention of the microwave (u.s.a.) . . .

17) the accidental invention of mauveine | aniline purple (england) . . .

18) the accidental invention of vaseline (u.s.a.) . . .

19) the accidental invention of the slinky (u.s.a.) . . .

20) the accidental invention of viagra (england) . . .

21) the accidental invention of smoke detectors (switzerland) . . .

22) the accidental invention of the popsicle (u.s.a.) . . .

23) the accidental invention of super glue (u.s.a.) . . .

24) the accidental invention of anesthesia (u.s.a.) . . . 

25) the accidental invention of coca-cola (u.s.a.) . . .

26) the accidental invention of potato-chips (u.s.a.) . . .

27) the accidental invention of chocolate chip cookies (u.s.a.) . . .

28) the accidental invention of teflon (u.s.a.) . . .

29) the accidental invention of silly putty (u.s.a.) . . .  

30) the accidental invention of the solarization technique

in photography (france) . . .

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if you found this post somewhat interesting, you might want to pursue these books:

01) james lee burke | the pinball effect 

journeys through knowledge: the extraordinary patterns

of change that link past, present, & future
little brown & company, isbn 978-0-316-11602-2

02) moma 2005 | humble masterpieces, by paola antonelli 

every day we use dozens of tiny objects, from post-it notes to band-aids . . .