silver duct tape. Shelby chose the low tech approach in their introduction, making their iconic mechanical dino out of cardboard and covering it with sticky tape to make a approximation of the Transformers cartoon character Grimlock, a T-Rex. You can see Fake Grimlock if you click here. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit […]
Jake Snider, a youth pastor in Decatur, IN has devised a heavenly craft for some of his kids. Rev. Snider created a project where teens he works with decorated inexpensive Bibles with duct tape patterns. Snider reports that teen boys in his youth group were quickly engrossed in the project. You can read more about […]
One of the more mysterious specifications relating to duct tape is a number called “tensile strength“. Tensile strength is a measurement that determines how hard you can pull on a piece of tape before it breaks. When the Myth Busters wanted to build a bridge from duct tape, they first had to measure it’s tensile […]
A Pennsylvania judge, Tommy Creany, ordered that a defendant in his court room have has mouth duct taped to stop outbursts during jury selection. The defendant, Erik Britt, was silenced by the judge after repeated attempts by Britt to disrupt the proceedings in the trial of his assault case. You can read the details here. […]
When two twelve year old girls from Illinois found out that a friend was planning a mission trip to Ethopia, they started a fund raising campaign by making a selling duct tape bracelets. To date the pair have raised $450 and the orders continue to roll in. Funds raised by these two motivated tweens will […]
The Chicago father who was arrested after posting a picture of his daughter bound with tape on Facebook is guilty of nothing beyond bad judgement. Andre Curry was imprisoned because he was unable to post a $100,000 bond after he posted a picture of his daughter tied up with blue painters tape on his Facebook […]
Jack Staub and Aidan Skokan, two seventh graders from Portland, OR raised $250 for the Center for Medicallly Fragile Children by selling wallets and phone cases that they made from duct tape. The two seventh graders from All Saints School raised the funds by selling the hand crafted items to family and friends and at […]
Eloquent essay on duct tape and other “one off” do it yourself ideas. Thank you, Christian Science Monitor. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. Send us your interesting tape news and we’ll share it with the world! Thetapeworks.com
The sheriff in Clay County, NC has decided to not press charges against an unruly child what was tied to a chair and had his mouth duct taped closed by his teacher. Music Teacher Lindsey Cope apparently broke no laws when she attempted to control a disruptive first grader at Hayesville Middle School. Cope, Hayesville […]
Miley Cyrus joined a parade of celebrities opposing California’s Proposition 8 initiative against gay marriage by posting a picture to her facebook page showing her with duct tape across her mouth. The NoH8 campaign uses the image of someone’s mouth being tape closed as a silent protest against the ballot initiative. You can see Miley’s […]