Inventor: Joseph MakViker

Before becoming one of the favorite children's entertainment, clay for 22 years as an... detergent for wallpaper. However, in 1954, the daughter of a certain Joe MakVikera - an employee of the manufacturer of clay - took a piece of matter in kindergarten, where she worked as a teacher, to show his children. Plasticine aroused kids so excited that after the story MakViker sister immediately realized its true commercial value and gave the idea to his superiors. Having opened his own shop in the company, added to clay chemist various dyes and almond flavoring, set a price of $ 1.5 per can (while continuing to trade " wallpaper cleaner " for $ 0.34), and for four years has increased the company's profits from 100 thousand to $ 3 million in 1960, it was separated from the main company, and became the owner of his own factory; v1964 - m MakViker production and sold the patent for $ 18 million.

8.Stickers "post-it"

Inventor: Arthur Fry

Divine inspiration descended on Fry Sunday morning gogoda 1973, when he sang in the church choir. Flag of songwriter Fry constantly dropped out, so the hapless singer strayed from the words and had to re-look the right page. And then he remembered seminar inventor pensioner Spencer Silver, which visited a few days ago: Silver told that was unique adhesive, but do not know where to find him a commercial application. A Fry found. However, the process of developing, marketing research and implementation in production took almost 8 years, but the result is definitely worth it. To date, approximately six billion units sold annually stickers; manufacturing company produces about 400 different kinds of stickers and notebooks and sells them in more than 100 countries worldwide.

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