JVC walked away with all the glory for developing Super VHS (S-VHS). After all, the VHS video system was mostly developed by JVC, and JVC does control the licensing of it. But remember, it takes two ...

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 ...

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 ...

LazerDisc and Betamax might have won a few battles, but VHS won the war over the home video market. If you remembered to be kind and rewind, your old VCR tapes might be worth some serious money. From ...

It's been used for everything from wrapping gifts to protecting blimps. It is so commonplace that it is easy to take for granted. Yet Scotch ® Transparent Tape has an extraordinary history marked with ...

These days, video barely exists as a physical medium for most Americans. It streams in ultra high-quality through the air, like magic. For decades, though, video came encased in plastic rectangles ...