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Gecko-Inspired Tape Can Be Reused Thousands of Times
Zothecula writes "As is so often the case these days for those searching for a better way to stick stuff together, researchers from the Zoological Institute at the University of Kiel in Germany have turned to the biology of gravity-defying ceiling walkers, such as geckos and insects. These creatures served as inspiration for a new dry adhesive tape that not only boasts impressive bonding strength, but can also be attached and detached thousands of times without losing its adhesive properties."
I could probably save 15% on my dry adhesive bill by switching to this new tape.
In real life it will be covered in dust and hair and stick to that crap instead of your surface after a few removals.
All geckos will suddenly go extinct, and we'll see a "Scotch" brand van disappear into the night.
The little hairs bind to other matter using Van Der Walls forces.
If water does not stick to the little hairs, then dust won't either.
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Walking on the ceiling is easy... so easy a caveman could do it.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
Ehh, nothing a good lick won't fix!
. . . or the tape will stick to your tongue. This sounds like "licking a flag pole in winter advice" . . .
(Having had Geckos, I know that they actually do this quite a bit.)
Yeah, but did they hobble around with their feet stuck to their tongues . . . ?
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Three years ago, the story had much better pictures. Alas, Oct 2008 was not a great time to raise capital. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=sticky-situation-gecko-toe-adhesive
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You had dreams about not being able to walk? :)
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He lives in Australia, you insensitive clod!
So it's a tape that uses too much RAM?