From: Ghost (ACHILLES_NY) [#1] 8 Feb 12:31 To: ALL
all I need now is a good seamstress and a webshooter
Spiderman device could let people walk up walls
Emma Woollacott | Tue 2nd Feb 2010, 04:17 am
You too can walk up walls like Spiderman, thanks to a new device invented by Cornell scientists.
The palm-sized gadget uses water surface tension to create adhesion and could be a boon for superheroes and burglars alike.
It could lead to applications such as shoes or gloves that stick and unstick to walls, or Post-it-like notes that can bear loads, according to its inventors.
From: Cagey (KGWAGNER) [#2] 8 Feb 13:07 To: Ghost (ACHILLES_NY) [#1] 8 Feb 13:08
Sounds great! As soon as they get congress to pass a law to make all surfaces perfectly smooth and non-porous, and get everybody to exercise to the point where they can lift/hold several times their own weight for extended periods of time, we'll be running around like...umm...spiders. That'll come in real handy for all that vertical and inverted travelling we do <grin>