Aluminum foil boxes provide the perfect dimensions for storing washi tape. First, disassemble and flatten a box, laying the ...

Aluminum foil is likely already a staple in your kitchen. However, this basic household essential, often used for preserving leftovers and baked goods, isn't just useful when it comes to storing food.

STEP 4: Tape one end of the aluminum foil to the positive end of the LED light bulb. ... First, make sure enough of the textured, negative side of the battery is exposed (Step 5).

[Ben Eadie (VE6SFX)] is at it again with the foil tape, and this time he’s whipped up a stealthy mobile sunroof antenna for the amateur radio operator with the on-the-go lifestyle. You may re… ...

This reaches a limit, where the skin has to be thicker than the thickness of the tape, but for the specific example, .05mm (.002″) aluminum foil tape works just as well as .05mm copper foil tape.

Hussain and his team just developed a dirt-cheap “smart skin” that can multitask like the real thing, and they did it with household goods, such as Post-It notes, aluminum foil and tape.