Accidental

4 entries in this category.

Otto Bayer was trying to invent synthetic thread to challenge DuPont's Nylon -- his own colleagues told him to

Chemist Edwin A. Chandross invented the chemical foundation of the glowstick by accident in 1962 at Bell Labs.

American chemist Harry Coover invented super glue after accidentally discovering the extraordinary adhesive pr

Swiss engineer George de Mestral invented Velcro, the hook-and-loop fastener, after a 1941 walk in the Alps in