Really? Yep...George de Mestral was a Swiss Electrical Engineer who is credited with the invention of Velcro, which happened in 1941.
The invention of Velcro happened when George de Mestral came home following a hunting trip with his dog. This hunting trip was in the beautiful Alps. When he came home, he realized there was something stuck to his clothes. This was also visible on the fur of his dog. His natural curiosity for things led to the examination of these objects under the microscope. The objects in this case were the seeds of burdock. With the help of the microscope he realized it had tiny ‘hooks’. This is what made it ‘stick’ to things in a jiffy. This itself gave rise to the thought of how the substance can be used to bind two surfaces together. This was what made him curious to know ways to implement the usage of his current discovery.
A new idea like this did not find any takers. George de Mestral was thus ridiculed initially. He tried various methods and then devised ways to simplify the process. At a point when he almost gave up, George suddenly had an idea that helped him to mechanize the process of weaving the hooks. This took 8 years. In 1951, George de Mestral then submitted a patent for the invention. He was granted the same in 1955.
