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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. Even in his home of Singapore, few people know of Tan or Trek. It was called the ThumbDrive. Today it is familiar worldwide.

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Cupcake A.T.M.s and Fire Pits: What You Love at the Airport

Baua Electric

Washington State University began experimenting with canning cheese in the 1930s, in search of packaging that would prolong the product’s shelf life. The university says its cheese will last indefinitely if refrigerated.) But he found the cheese to be “pretty remarkable,” he said.