Gaffers tape played a crucial role in the award-winning film Zero Dark Thirty. Filmmakers wanted to film in night vision, but didn’t have the resources at hand. They came up with a crafty solution to solve the problem by taping infrared LEDS from prop security cameras to the actual camera. To read more about it, […]
A school in Aurora recently set a new world record by creating the world’s largest masking tape ball. The ball weighs over 100 pounds and has a circumference greater than 60 inches around. That’s a lot of tape! Read more about it here.
An Illinois middle school has made the Guiness Book of World Records for the world’s largest masking tape ball. Matt Harding’s class at Cowherd Middle School created the sticky sphere from 200 lbs. of the paper tape and it is now over 60 inches in diameter. While holding a record, their creation comes no where […]
Prince Charles’ visit to a charity distribution center proved a bit of an embarrassment for the Royal when he was unable to operate the hand held gun used to apply sealing tape to boxes. Not really a problem for us, as we don’t have any openings in the shipping department anyway. You can see Bonnie […]
In a show of innovative patriotism, children from the Parkview Church in Dayton, OH will construct a giant 15 foot side American flag from duct tape. The project is sponsored by the local chapter of the Children of the American Revolution. You can read more about this innovative flag waving by clicking here. Tapenews.com is […]
Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte tells Access Hollywood about the challenges of learning to act in an upcoming episode of 90210. No word yet on how he handled the real challenge. Getting out of that duct tape bathing suit when shooting was finished. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. Send us […]
The April 8th edition of the online version of today’s Washington Post uses a humorous animated video about duct tape to make a statement about the Catholic Church’s response to ongoing sexual abuse charges. Click here to see their commentary. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. Send us your […]
Australian football team, The Demons, had to use gaffers tape to black out the logo of former sponsor Energy Watch after the company withdrew their sponsorship. The players took the initiative to hide the logo when the ceo of their ex-sponsor was forced to step down after making a series of racist and sexist remarks […]
Harmon Leon, a San Francisco comic, is currently appearing in his one man show Who Killed Smile Time, as Abraham Lincoln. Leon’s costume includes a beard made of gaffers tape which he wears while delivering Lincoln’s famous speech. You can read more about his show here. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s […]
British Newspaper The Guardian recently interviewed well known designers about what they thought were the greatest design creations. Noted English designer James Dyson (Dyson vacuum cleaners) chose the Mini auto, architect Richard Rogers chose a bicycle made by Bompton, and industrial designer Ron Arad’s choice was a lamp created by George Carwardine. Our favorite was the […]