You know what today is? The 24th of April.You know what the 24th of April is? Its the anniversary of the birth of one Gideon Sundback. You know who Gideon Sundback is? He’s the inventor of the humble zipper. You know how I know this? Another wonderful Google doogle.
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I love Google doodles. They’re always smart, creative, take advantage of new tech such as HTML5 Canvas and CSS3, but most importantly they always provide you with a little slice of wisdom you may not have discovered otherwise. Like Gideon Sundback. Until just now, I had no idea who he was. Mad props to you Mr. Sundback, my pants and I salute you.
That’s fricken awesome. Love the animation they’ve pulled off with it. How weird is it to think that things like the zipper had to be invented… <o:p></o:p>Imagine the zipper was never invented, and we came up with some other approach to the problem… <o:p></o:p>From: Deepend [mailto:post@deepend.posterous.com] Sent: Tuesday, 24 April 2012 9:15 AMTo: Matthew RussellSubject: [deepend] 24th April<o:p></o:p><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td width=”20″></td><td><tr><td width=”610″><o:p></o:p></td></tr><tr><td><tr><td></td><td width=”594″> </td></tr><tr><td width=”16″></td><td width=”578″><tr><td></td></tr></td></tr></td></tr></td></tr>
Wasnt the zipper an alternative to the button and laces?Button: circa 2000-1500 BCELaces: as in what is now predominently used in shoelaces were also used for clothing as well.Zipper: 1851Velcro: 1948