CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Lots of pop songs have hooks. This one has loops, too. Velcro Co. this week released a music video with a message it hopes will stick as well as its products: "Don't Say Velcro." ...

Velcro has its roots in nature. Swiss engineer George de Mestral came up with the design in the 1940s after studying burrs that stuck to his dog's fur and his wool pants during a walk in the woods.

MANCHESTER, N.H. — 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." ...

Well, Velcro Brand has had enough of this nonsense. The company, famous for its hook-and-loop fasteners, released a music video on Monday asking the public to quit calling everything "velcro." ...

Velcro, a popular brand of hook-and-loop binding, was inspired by burrs that stuck to clothing and fur. NASA did not invent it, but the space agency helped popularize it.

Convenient as it is for fastening things shut, Velcro - typically comprised of tiny, nylon hooks and loops that easily adhere together - or other brands of hook and loop fasteners can be a pain to ...

Velcro hook and loop fasteners accompanied Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin out onto the moon's surface on July 20, 1969 as part of their spacesuits.

The U.S. Army has a problem with Velcro. It’s too noisy. And its little loops get clogged with dust from the Afghan and Iraqi deserts. The so-called “hook-and-loop” fastener was added to ...

[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.

Velcro has its roots in nature. Swiss engineer George de Mestral came up with the design in the 1940s after studying burrs that stuck to his dog's fur and his wool pants during a walk in the woods ...