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 […]
MS NBC in its “The Royals” segment reports that British Royal Family newcomers Kate and Pippa Middleton have pushed Lady Gaga out of fashion’s top spot in the new year. It appears that Gaga’s gaffers tape dress has fallen from the top of the charts in what MSNBC has dubbed as the “duchess effect”. Tapenews.com […]
Australian filmmaker Dave Jones uses giant puppets in his performance piece “Highly Strung“. Jones told the Huffington Post that one of their 45 foot puppets included a projector that was mounted inside the puppet’s mouth. Program material was generated by a remotely controlled ipod. How was the ipod attached to the puppet? With gaffers tape, […]
Alicia Lyons, a day care worker in Kentucky has solved the problem of unruly children who don’t want to settle down at nap time. She duct tapes them to their floor mats! Lyons, along with a co-worker, taped at least one child, an 18 month old, to the floor to enforce the nap time rules. […]
In an attempt to bring tape science to the beach, Tim Clark of Melbourne, Australia has developed a gaffers tape “mankini”. The one piece bathing suit is constructed of a tape product that is supposed to be waterproof. We have no interest whatever in following up on the results of this test. If you want […]
Mark Savage, a British chimney sweep, says that gaffers tape is an integral part of the modern sweep’s tool kit. Savage uses the sticky stuff to install a “soot sheet”, a large plastic tarp that will protect the customers carpet from whatever might fall down the chimney. Savage warns against using the “cheap stuff”, having […]
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 […]
A gaffer is the electrician on a film or video set. He works with lighting and the cables and other equipment needed to make a film or video. Click here for a great explanation of why this position is called gaffer. Tapenews.com is your source for “all the news that’s fit to stick”. Send us […]
Medics in the U.S. military have added duct tape to the tools they are now using in the field. The stickiness and waterproof nature of duct tape have proved ideal for attaching paper records and other items that need to stay with injured soldiers when they are moved from the field to the next level […]
An exhibit at the Science Museum in London features items we use and take for granted every day. Included are items Lego blocks, corkscrews and umbrellas. One of the items included in the exhibit is adhesive tape. It includes the development of the Post It note and features the development of the “slightly” sticky adhesive […]