Alpine Science
The Rocky Mountains gave CU-Boulder a head start in alpine science. Francis Ramaley widened the lead.
Origins
Origins: Boulder Film Festival
Working as “popcorn girls” at various Boulder theaters in the late 1970s, sisters Kathy (Engl, PoliSci’86) and Robin Beeck (Comm’88), founders of the Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF), saw lots of movies — good, bad and sleazy.
Origins: Dry Fogger
Making fog used to be a difficult buisness – but not since alumni Jim Doyle (Thtr’78) found a better way.
Co-Education at CU
Many of America’s first universities were centuries old by the time they admitted women.
Origins: TIVO
Click a remote or swipe a smartphone — recording television shows on a digital video recorder couldn’t be much simpler these days.
See No Evil
Right after Theodore Maiman (EngrPhys’49) successfully developed the laser in 1960, newspapers reported that a Los Angeles scientist had invented a death ray. Later, actress Bette Davis allegedly cornered Maiman at a cocktail party and asked him if he felt guilty for creating the device, according to a Los Angeles Times article.
What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas
We all know that what happens in Vegas is supposed to stay there, thanks to the creative slogan penned by Jason Hoff (Jour’00) and a colleague.
Post-It Note Adhesive
The sticky yellow square In 1968 Spencer Silver (PhDA&S’66), a senior chemist at 3M’s Central Research Labs, developed a peculiar adhesive. Made out of tiny bubbles, it was strong enough to hold papers together but weak enough that they could be pulled apart. It could be reused several times before it lost its stick. Unsure