I'm Stuck on Velcro

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The Invention of Velcro

"It's hard to imagine what we would do without Velcro, the versatile hook-and-loop fastener used in so many aspects of modern life—from disposable diapers to the aerospace industry. Yet the ingenious invention came about almost by accident."

"Velcro was the creation of Swiss engineer Georges de Mestral, who had been inspired by a walk in the woods with his dog in 1941. Upon their return home, de Mestral noticed that burrs (from the burdock plant) had attached themselves to his pants and to his dog's fur."

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"De Mestral, an amateur inventor and a curious man by nature, examined the burrs under a microscope. What he saw intrigued him. De Mestral would spend the next 14 years attempting to duplicate what he saw under that microscope before introducing Velcro to the world in 1955."

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Velcro consists of two different parts, one has coils of plastic thread which form hooks. The other consists of a finer threads which get caught by the hooks. POWER AND SYRED/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images
 

Velcro Gets a Name and a Patent

"De Mestral christened his new product "Velcro," from the French words velours (velvet) and crochet (hook). (The name Velcro refers only to the trademarked brand created by de Mestral)."

"In 1955, de Mestral received a patent for Velcro from the Swiss government. He took out a loan to begin mass-producing Velcro, opening plants in Europe and eventually expanding into Canada and the United States. His Velcro USA plant opened in Manchester, New Hampshire in 1957 and is still there today."

 
New 'Velcro' tissue could help repair damaged hearts (2015)


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TORONTO: Researchers have made assembling functional heart tissue easier by creating a biocompatible scaffold that allows sheets of beating heart cells to snap together just like Velcro.

"One of the main advantages is the ease of use," said biomedical engineer Professor Milica Radisic from the University of Toronto who led the project.
"We can build larger tissue structures immediately before they are needed, and disassemble them just as easily. I don't know of any other technique that gives this ability," Radisic said.
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Heart Tissue-Velcro Helps Repairing Damaged Organs (link)
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"The current use of Tissue-Velcro is for study and research, and less in actual surgeries. Effect of death and individual cell survival are being researched."
 
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Perri's Adult Velcro Half Chaps
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Constructed Of Suede Cowhide. Features Velcro Closures Along Calf And At Top.

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