Geek Fact for April 29th

By Judy Novotny / 04/29/2012 / Geek Facts

In 1813, rubber is patented.

J. F. Hammel received the first U.S. patent related to rubber for an India rubber varnish which made shoes waterproof.

Read more about the history of rubber at http://www.rubber.org/100th-anniversary2

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Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.