Tag: VELCRO

Some devices and creations are so perfect that efforts to upgrade or modernize them seem pointless. To our minds, Velcro has always occupied that realm of perfectly simple, yet effective tools that may be beyond technical evolution. But a team of scientists at the Technical University of Munich is officially bringing Velcro into the 21st century. Directed by Josef Mair, the team ditched the ...

Here's an amazing fact: Some wide-eyed dreamer designing sneakers for Pony didn't invent Velcro in the '80s -- it was actually invented by some Swiss guy in 1941. Here's another amazing fact: Someone has bothered to reinvent it. Eight years ago, Vermont-native Leonard Duffy set out to reinvent the zipper. Forty thousand dollars later, the 66-year-old is now showing off his Slidingly Engaging ...