Sure, we use them to close up chip bags, hold together loose packs of cards and bind cables, but you'd be surprised at the many off-brand ways uses for the household staple known as rubber bands. From ...

Got a rubber band ball made up of the seemingly endless rubber bands that seem to trickle into your house when you're not looking? Take it apart. That ball is a total waste of an incredibly useful ...

The strength and texture of rubber bands mean they can come in handy around the house in ways you might not have realized.

The world’s oldest rubber band manufacturer, 94-year old Ohio-based company Alliance Rubber Co., is on the verge of producing what could be the sturdiest versions of the tool yet. Working with ...

A good old rubber band may not be the most glamorous office supply, but you’ll be hard-pressed to find a more versatile tool. Whether it’s keeping pens together or even acting as an impromptu hairband ...

The world's largest rubber band manufacturer is putting graphene, the strongest material in the world, into its bands. With the right amount of graphene, the bands will be unbreakable and just as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The latest that seems to have garnered some attention is one of the niftiest – and cheapest – hacks we’ve seen in some time, using ...

Rubber bands are very useful given the right circumstances. They'll keep things securely in place or together, but are prone to breaking with repeated use, and they can build up a static charge making ...

How can a few grams of battery, geared motor, and some nifty materials get a jumping robot over 30 meters into the air? It wasn’t by copying a grasshopper, kangaroo, or an easily scared kitty. How was ...