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Minnesota Post-It Note Inventor Passes Away at 80 RIP to the chemist and inventor that is responsible for keeping so many people organized on the job. Spencer Silver passed away May 8th at 80 years old in his home in St. Paul. One of the 37 patents awarded to him during his time at 3M is for "microsphere adhesives"—Post-it. In 1974 colleague Art Fry came up with the idea of using Spencers invention to prevent paper bookmarks from falling out of his hymnal when he sang in church. Thus, Post-it...

Spencer Silver was 80 years old. In 1968, Silver was working in a lab when he discovered an adhesive formula that allowed notes to be easily attached to surfaces, removed, and even re-posted elsewhere without leaving residue like other glues. In 1974, a colleague then came up with the idea of using the adhesive to prevent bookmarks from falling out of his hymnal at church. The product was originally called the Press n Peel memo pad but didnt really take off until 1980 when it was renamed the Po...

He's survived by his wife, Linda, his daughter, Jennifer, his two grandchildren and the sticky notes that litter our lives.

TIM signs green power deal BT starts ripping out Huawei gear A prime 5G core role for Oracle at Dish Network and a landmark green power deal for TIM top today’s news charts.  Oracle has landed something of a plum 5G core functions deal at Dish Network, which is building an Open RAN-based 5G network in the US. Oracle is supplying a number of key elements for Service Based Architecture (SBA) in the 5G core, namely its containerized Policy Control Function (PCF), Network Repository Function ...

Inventor Spencer Silver, Who Discovered Adhesive Used to Make Post-it Notes, Dies at 80 People 5/14/2021 © Provided by People 3M Spencer Silver Spencer Silver, the man who invented the Post-it Note adhesive, has died, according to his former company. He was 80. 3M, the company that produces Post-it Notes, confirmed Silvers death in an announcement on Wednesday, revealing that he died on May 8 at his home in St. Paul, Minnesota. His wife Linda told The New York Times that Silver had suffer...

Pen and sticky paper still a great analog productivity hack Katyanna Quach Fri 14 May 2021 // 06:00 UTC Share Copy Obit Spencer Silver, the co-creator of Post-it Notes found in offices all over the world – occasionally with passwords written on them – has died at the age of 80. Born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1941, Silver studied chemistry at Arizona State University, and then completed a PhD at the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1966. He joined 3M not long after ...

Spencer Silver was 80 years old. In 1968, Silver was working in a lab when he discovered an adhesive formula that allowed notes to be easily attached to surfaces, removed, and re-posted without leaving residue like other glues. In 1974, a colleague then came up with the idea of using the adhesive to prevent bookmarks from falling out of his hymnal. The product was originally called the Press n Peel memo pad but didnt really take off until 1980 when it was renamed the Post-It Note. FUN FACT: The...

Newark family to appear on ‘The Dr. Oz Show’ COURTESY OF BRENDA SCHOOL What started out in jest when Newark Middle School sixth grader Madison Shade put lots of blank Post-it Notes inside her home last September has turned into something that touches a lot of people’s lives, including TV host Dr. Mehmet Oz. Shade and her stepdad, Christopher DeRenzo, will appear on “The Dr. Oz Show” at 9 a.m. July 12 on CBS. They will explain why they put up more than 6,000 Post-its on the upstairs ha...

He developed an adhesive that could stick to paper – repeatedly – without damaging the paper.

Post-it Notes inventor dies at age 80 May 13, 2021 Spencer Silver died May 8 at age 80. According to 3M, Silver was working in a company lab in 1968 when he discovered an adhesive formula that allowed notes to be easily attached to surfaces, removed and re-posted elsewhere without leaving a residue. In 1974, a colleague came up with the idea of using Silver’s adhesive on paper and a product that later became known as Post-it Notes was born.