We regularly come across a photo tip which recommends that photographers cover the logos of their camera equipment with gaffers tape, in hopes of making them less desirable to thieves. While we understand that this might give you a little piece of mind, particularly if you are shooting in an urban environment, the truth is […]
The online British version of Wired Magazine is recommending that anyone who is worried that the web cam on their computer or mobile device may be spying on them can just cover the lens with gaffers tape. The report says that the NSA has a plug in called CAPTTIVATEDAUDIENCE that will hijack the recording capabilities […]
Sony has acknowledged that there are light leak problems with its high end digital camera, the A7. They have admitted the problem and have said that there is a fix in the works. Until their engineers come up with a solution, it look like a little gaffers tape where the lens meets the camera body […]
Motorcycle News normally limits its reviews to big bikes and the accessories that riders need to maximize their experience. They proved that they are not above going “downscale” by recently reviewing gaffers tape and declaring that there is almost nothing that this tape won’t fix. Click here to read their review.
My daily search for duct tape news always turns up an abundance of articles about criminals who bound their victims with duct tape. It’s standard operating procedure these days. A store clerk in Clallam Bay, Wa. turned the tables on a would-be thief when, after being attacked with a knife, he was able to subdue […]
It may be old school, but the precision of creating real world lines as part of the auto design process can sometimes be done better with tape than with a computer. This video gives some insight to how Ford designers include tape in their design tool arsenal.
Gold medal winner in womens’ skeleton competition, British athlete Lizzy Yarnold, reveled that her initiation into the single rider sled competition began on her first run, several years ago, when she had to gaffer tape her goggles to her helmet before heading down the track. You can read more about Yarnold’s route to Olympic gold […]
Biggest Loser contestant, Andrew Costello, who competed on the Australian version of the popular television show revealed a very interesting, little known fact about the show. “Cossi”, as he was known, told the press that competitors had the flabbier parts of their anatomy gaffer taped to conceal the extra skin. You can get more inside […]
Assuming the term “medal” is short for “medallion”, Olympic organizers at the Sochi Winter Games, are making sure that the non-sponsor Apple computer, the choice of most media writers, doesn’t display its medallion in press areas at the Games. Fox News reports that any reporters computer that is not made by Olympic sponsor Samsung is […]
International special events producer Mark Buist sang the praises of gaffers tape in a way we’ve never heard before. He shared that when he discovered at the last minute that he had failed to pack black socks for a formal event, he quickly fashioned what he needed from a roll of black gaffers tape. No […]