17 October 2008

How duct tape patched up the world – and why we're still sticking with it

cosmiclog.nbcnews.com, 14 June 2013 – Over the past half a century, duct tape has been keeping NASA's astronauts alive, putting airplanes back together, making race cars speedier and patching up millions of fix-it projects. It's even been used to remove warts. But the makers of duct tape aren't resting on their sticky, gray laurels: On the contrary, engineers and designers are adding some new twists to the decades-old standby. Read more