[SG, FMAS, FH] Potential equipment

1 posts ยท May 14 2003

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