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There seems to be a common trend among these types of inventors that border on paranoia, eccentricity and at the same time, accidental brilliance.
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Noone can reverse engineer WD40 with plenty of samples.
What do you mean? There are plenty of WD40-work-a-likes on the market. Additionally, the ingredients to WD40 are on Wikipedia[1] and Wired had a mass spectroscopy done and published even more precise details[2]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40#Formulation [2] http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/17-05/st_w...
What sort of scientific Scrooge chooses to take his invention to the grave like that? What has he gained in the end?
Nothing. Most dead people, not matter what they "achieved" in life, gain nothing in the end. They are just dead.
The idea that your goal in life is to leave a "legacy" is not universal. Life happens as it happens. Apparently for this "scientific Scrooge" it didn't happen in a way that enabled him to share his invention, so when the time came, he just took his invention to the grave.
Same thing most likely happened numerous times in history with inventions, works of art and other "legacy items" we never heard about...
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> Mr Ward came to my lab about a year before his death > needing help to turn what was essentially a party trick > into a useable & commercialy viable product. So, this person heard a huge, "Whooosh" when Graphene hit the scene too, eh? "It's just Scotch Tape and pencil doodles!" I definitely Want To Believe. World-Changing technology always has its detractors. Remember the airplane? Silly, silly invention.
The quote is incomplete. Right after all that, he says: >But rest assured, as of this time I can say that there is at least 1 complete & superior product in testing, testing that so far is going remarkably well. So one day there will be a product on the market that will save life's while also having countless other uses. The inspiration behind this project.... Mr Maurice Ward I'm not sure when this comment was writte…
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Noone can reverse engineer WD40 with plenty of samples.
What do you mean? There are plenty of WD40-work-a-likes on the market. Additionally, the ingredients to WD40 are on Wikipedia[1] and Wired had a mass spectroscopy done and published even more precise details[2]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WD-40#Formulation [2] http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/17-05/st_w...
Bonus: What people think they can use WD40 for: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/wd-40.asp
If I remember correctly, he created it in his garden shed using off the shelf products that you could buy on the high street, and he just started mixing them together and testing the results... and I think hairspray was mentioned as being an important ingredient.
Or maybe my mind is full of holes.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/5158972/Starlite-the-n...
What is a "Q-value" in this usage?