When Jack Truong assumed leadership of 3M’s office supplies division in 2003, the Post-it Note faced an existential threat. The rise of BlackBerry devices and early digital communication tools had ...
Of the duo that created 3M's now-ubiquitous Post-it Notes, Spencer Silver was, quite literally, the glue. Silver, a chemist from Texas, created the adhesive that gives Post-it Notes their stickiness.
E-paper screens have opened up a wide variety of novel use cases that just wouldn’t work with the higher power draw of an LCD. [gokux] thought it would be perfect for a digital sticky note. Using a ...