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In the patent literature, the term "prior art" is virtually synonymous with "state of the art," the standard against which any claimed improvement is necessarily judged. Normally, "state of the art" ...

Ordinary paper clips are forged together and transformed into a large razor-sharp knife. What begins as weak-looking office ...

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When it comes to building good habits, there’s no magic bullet. Consistency is key. If you’re trying to build a new habit, or just stick with an old one, try the paper clip strategy. As productivity ...

In late 2009, the London-based blogger James Ward and the artist Ed Ross began a movement to celebrate "stationery"—the term for office supplies, basically, in the U.K.—that they called the Stationery ...

In the 1960s, some strange computers were being tinkered into existence. There was one that operated solely on rolling marbles and gates that flipped open and closed. And in 1967, the manual How to ...

People have fastened sheets of paper together more or less permanently ever since the Chinese invented the stuff in the first or second century A.D. Yet according to the Early Office Museum, the first ...