Duct Tape Engineer

Duct Tape Engineer teaches readers how to design, sculpt, and build fourteen mega projects out of duct tape. From backpacks to kayaks and catapults to queen-size beds - these long-lasting projects can be made right in your own backyard.

From a working cannon to a bridge, this powerful everyday adhesive is perfect for creating incredible things!

The Duct Tape Engineer, hands-on educator and master tinkerer and author of Duct Tape Engineer, Lance Akiyama will show readers how to design, sculpt, and build eighteen mega projects. From backpacks to kayaks and kiddie pools to catapults - out of duct tape in their own back yards. Projects are designed to be long-lasting as well as fun, with advice on solid construction techniques and weather proofing. Packed with full-color illustrations and easy to follow instructions, Duct Tape Engineer will make the perfect gift for any kid or kid at heart.

About the Author

Lance Akiyama combines tinkering and education into a single aspiration: to create a better world by inspiring the next generation of innovators with exciting hands-on projects. He has created project-based learning tutorials on Instructables.com, started an after-school engineering service, and is currently employed as a STEM-based curriculum developer for Galileo Learning. Lance spends his free time designing elaborate plans for advanced contraptions, keeping journals in cryptic backwards writing, and attempting to fly by strapping paper wings to his arms and leaping from rooftops. He lives in the San Francisco Bay area.