WMUR

'Don't Say Velcro:' Velcro video implores consumers to say 'hook and loop'

Lots of pop songs have hooks. This one has loops, too.Velcro Cos. this week released a music video with a message it hopes will stick as well as its products: "Don't Say Velcro."The video features ...
CNET

Velcro music video begs you not to say 'velcro'

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Xerox.
Hackaday

3D Printed — Um — Hook And Loop Fasteners

[Teaching Tech’s] latest video discusses “3D printed Velcro.” But as even he admits, Velcro is a trademark, so we think it is more appropriate to talk about hook and loop fasteners. In fact, you can ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Before Velcro’s Patent Expired, It Was a Niche Product Most People Hadn’t Heard Of

Velcro was originally available only in black, but even when it started coming in multiple colors, 1960s fashionistas wanted nothing to do with it. iStock Technically called “hook-and-loop fastener,” ...