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20 Oct 2024
In fact, these “porcupine eggs," as the burs are sometimes called, inspired Swiss inventor George de Mestral to develop Velcro after he noticed how the burs stuck to his clothing and the fur of his ...
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26 Feb 2024
Sir Geoffrey de ... Velcro - The idea for Velcro first came to George de Mestral in 1941 while walking his dog ... De Mestral's idea was met with resistance and even laughter, but the inventor was undeterred.
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13 Feb 2024
Swiss inventor George de Mestral and his dog were hunting in the Alps in 1941 and returned home to find themselves covered with burrs!. De Mestral began wondering how those burrs latched on so firmly.
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11 Aug 2023
Bison aerate the soil as they graze with their unique hoof shape, also pressing down seeds into the ground ... George de Mestral first came up with the idea in 1941 after he found cockleburs routinely clinging to his dog’s fur after walks in nature.
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28 Oct 2022
“In the same way that Velcro was invented after the Swiss engineer George de Mestral was made curious by the thousands of burrs that were attached to his woolen coat and dogs’ fur, music naggingly ...
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