Despite the name, Scotch tape wasn’t invented by the Scottish. It was invented by a college dropout named Richard Drew from Minnesota who worked for a small sandpaper company founded in 1902 called ...

Part of a 1949 ad for Scotch tape, which was billed as a "thrifty" way to make repairs around the home. Jussi/Flickr CC Depending on who you ask, Scotch tape was first marketed on this day either in ...

Around here, we love a good life hack ,and we’ve found the best ones typically stem from stuff you have laying around the house. Doesn’t it always seem that when we need a lint roller the most, ...

One of the most recognized products in the world—Scotch Tape—was invented by Richard G. Drew (1899–1980), a banjo-playing, engineering school dropout who had the good sense to apply for a job at 3M ...

Scotch Tape set customers the challenge of creating imaginative art pieces just using rolls of the sticky tape. Jake Longenecker from Manheim, Pennsylvania scooped the $5,000 cash prize with Free ...

Dubai, UAE, 28 May 2008 - If anyone is asked to name a 3M product, the chances are that the response will be Scotch® Tape. After all, Scotch® Tape is one of the most widely used and recognized brands ...

Scotch tape is great for wrapping presents — and for science, too. With some Scotch tape and a little creativity, it’s possible to create sheets of diamond up to five centimeters wide and as less than ...

(CBS News) And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: September 8th, 1930, 83 years ago today . . . the day the 3M Company shipped out its first roll of cellophane tape. A research team led by ...

As far as office supplies go, Scotch tape is pretty much the hero product. Aside from the very important business-y things we've relied on it for forever (like taping up pictures of our dogs in our ...