Weekend Fun: The New Velcro

Posted on May 20, 2007

Have you ever wished that you invented Velcro? Well, Leonard Duffy, an inventor from Vermont, USA, did one better…he invented a better velcro. Dubbed the Slidingly Engaging Fastener, (catchy, no??, this new velcro attaches silently, doesn’t wear out over time, and supports eight times the weight that the original can handle. The Slidingly Engaging Fastener took the 66-year-old architect 8 years to develop and $40,000 of...