Toys & sporting goods
Frisbee inventor Walter Frederick "Fred" Morrison dies at 90
The globally ubiquitous Frisbee flying disk has been cited as one of the pinnacles of invention, and it also could be the most widely known application of molded plastic to date. Its inventor, Fred Morrison, died on January 9 at his home in Monroe, Utah at the age of 90.
When Morrison first invented the flying disc, the former Second World War pilot called it the "Pluto Platter" to capitalize on the flying saucer craze of the 1950s. The idea likely came from the times he and his wife-to-be would throw a tin cake pan to each other on the beach in California.
Research breakthrough keeps phthalates from migrating out of PVC
Researchers believe they have developed a way to ensure phthalate plasticizers become permanently bound within any PVC part in which they are used, with zero migration of the additives. This potentially huge news for processors of polyvinyl chloride appeared first in the latest issue of Macromolecule, a bi-weekly journal of the American Chemical Society.
