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Lawyers from VELCRO want us to stop using the name as a verb and noun, since it violates trademarks — as they explain in a hilarious video. "This called hook-and-loop.

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Nano-velcro could hold objects together as tightly as a strong adhesive, say US researchers 1. The reusable material is carpeted with hook-ended carbon tubes, each just millionths of a millimetre ...