Russian photographer Alexey Kljatov managed to use about the ugliest tape job we’ve ever seen to create some stunning images of snow flakes. Kljatov taped a vintage Russian camera lens to his Canon powershot camera, tied the whole thing together with a stick, and made macro images of snowflakes that are absolutely stunning. Click here […]
Not being old enough to grow their own mustaches didn’t stop students at the Wickwire Academy from taking part in November’s prostrate cancer awareness campaign. The kids made mustaches from duct tape and posed for a photo to help remind men to get involved in the Movemember campaign to remind men to get screened for […]
London design studio GBH used gaffers tape as an inspiration for a new font design. The typeface was created for the Puma sportswear company as part of its “Make Football Anywhere” campaign. Click here to see an example.
Huffington Post blogger Anna Friel tells readers that on a recent trip to Uganda, she used gaffers tape to tape her pants to her boots to keep fire ants from crawling up her legs. You can read more about her adventures if you click here.
Two British researchers were able to get some amazing photos from space by creating their own $500 spacecraft (a balloon) and launching it with a camera and a couple of “crew men” made from Legos. The balloon was able to reach an altitude of 27 km and when it came back to earth the amateur […]
Duct tape is sold in an informal set of grades, to give users some idea of the quality and performance characteristics. The three grades are “basic”, “utility” and “nuclear”, with basic being the least expensive garden variety on home improvement store shelves. Utility grade is the most useful and can be found in most workers […]
Duct tape is useful for lots of things, but it appears that sealing ducts is not one of them. The natural rubber adhesive in duct tape tends to dry out and lose its stickiness over time, and constant changes in humidity and temperature accelerate this process. A flexible adhesive called “mastic” used by HVAC pros […]
NASA is moving forward with plans to put 3D printers in space. The idea here is that, rather than carrying tons of spare parts and tools, astronauts would be able to actually make spare parts when they need them. Discussions of making repairs “on the fly” in space almost always reference the 1970 Apollo flight […]
We’re never afraid to give a shout out to a competitor when they do something cool, and Adorama’s 24 Hour Gaffer Tape Haiku Challenge rated high on our cool meter. Gaffers tape is certainly praiseworthy, and a contest to sing those praises in 17 syllables is a brilliant idea. Our entry (unfortunately too late to […]
An owner of an Indian restaurant in England has been fined thousands of pounds by inspectors after they discovered that he had attempted to repair a leaking gas line with gaffers tape and aluminum foil. Fortunately, the release of gas into the restaurant was fixed before “Being Blown Through The Ceiling” was added to the […]