Posts Tagged ‘Michael Jackson’

What Do Corn Flakes, Silly Putty and Penicillin Have In Common?

21st April 2010 by admin No Comments

Well, for starters, all three were invented by accident.
It’s pretty amazing that these, like many other inventions, are the byproducts of a mistake or have uses that were not the original intention. Nonetheless they are now some of the most well known, popular and sometimes very important inventions.

Michael Jackson’s Patent: The Secret’s in the Socks

2nd July 2009 by admin 1 Comment

Remember the video for “Smooth Criminal?”
Remember that gravity defying lean from the video?
Ever get to see it live and, noticing a lack of wires, wonder how they did it?
Long before CGI, film producers could employ techniques like the use of wires to create unreal effects on screen – props in production that where carefully obscured [...]