From: Beth Fulton <beth.fulton@m...>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 09:22:31 +1000
Subject: [SG, FMAS, FH] Potential equipment
G'day, Now this could have potential... Fancy a walk on the ceiling? Watch out Spiderman, here we come. By examining the extraordinary grip that geckos use to walk up walls and across ceilings, scientists have been able to create a material that can stick objects weighing a few kilograms to ceilings. Future refinements hold the prospect of holding humans aloft too. The secret is making synthetic replicas of the millions of tiny little hairs found on geckos' feet... http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993726 Cheers