Art Fry loved to sing in his church choir. Every Wednesday night he’d be at choir practice in preparation for the hymns on the approaching Sunday. But one thing frustrated Fry. He’d mark the hymns with bits of paper that would fall out of the hymnal. He’d then find these bits of paper on the floor at home, or at church in the choir loft. He wished he had something that would mark pages without damaging them.
Dr. Spencer Silver was a busy research scientist with 3M. He served in the adhesive department and made an astonishing discovery. Silver discovered an adhesive that would bond to surfaces lightly without damaging them. These “microspheres” kept their stickiness even when removed repeatedly.
Art Fry, who sang in the choir, was also a scientist at 3M and attended a seminar offered by Silver. The topic? The sticky microspheres. While listening, Fry’s brain went into overdrive.
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