The end of the school year brings an inevitable run of duct tape prom clothing stories, but this one is just different enough to pass on to you. This story in The Chicago Tribune introduces a new 3M product, Scotch Tough Duct Tape Transparent, which is a clear, see through, duct tape. According to 3M’s […]
Tim Terrel, A North Ridgeville, Ohio has taken duct tape art to a new level. He spent the winter sculpting a life size elephant from duct tape. Working as part of a partnership between the manufacturer of Duct brand duct tape and the Cleveland Metropark’s Zoo, Terrell and his friend Adrian Glover created the the […]
When technicians dealing with Japan’s ongoing crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plant site enlisted duct tape in their fight to get the disabled reactors under control. Technicians described as “wearing goggles and duct tape” risked their lives when entering the highly radioactive reactor areas to attempt to gain control over reactors that leaked into […]
Seems like Beyonce has turned to gaffers tape to prevent a wardrobe malfunction, ala Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl performance. The London Daily Mail suggests that Beyonce should have used a little more tape to hold her revealing jump suit in place during a recent Paris appearance. Apparently fashionistas have used adhesive-backed tape for years […]
A “prankster” who stretched duct tape, sticky side up, across a Forsyth, GA highway apparently caused over $1700.00 in damage to a local woman’s car. She had to take the car to a repair shop to have the tape removed, and then needed to return to the shop for a major repair caused by the […]