safety tape

One weird corner case of biohazard stickers that might save you from getting the bubonic plague

Sep 9, 2015

Design, UI / UX

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Background: “Warning” stickers / “caution” tape are occasionally placed on or around objects to indicate that they are dangerous. The issue: However: what if the tape itself is the source of danger? For example, if a roll of “BIOHAZARD” tape was accidentally dipped in a vat of bubonic plague, there would be no way to…
You won’t believe how easy it is to prevent people from going into a taped-off “danger” area with this one bizarre trick!

Nov 11, 2014

Culture

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The issue: The classic yellow-and-white “danger!” tape is visually apparent and can be quite useful for indicating that an area is hazardous or off-limits. However! There are two problems: Fig 1: The classic “danger” tape. But you might not know it if you couldn’t read English! First, the “danger” text is specific to one language.…