There are no garbage trucks equipped to leave the atmosphere and pick up debris floating around the Earth. But what if we could send a robot to do the job? Scientists at NASA’s Jet Pro... Read more
Bio-inspired climbing technology could increase troop safety and freedom of maneuver DARPA’s Z-Man program has demonstrated the first known human climbing of a glass wall using climbing devi... Read more
One Geckskin version matches and even exceeds the gecko’s performance on all tested surfaces The ability to stick objects to a wide range of surfaces such as drywall, wood, metal and glass w... Read more
Researchers of KIT and the Carnegie Mellon University Developed a Reusable Adhesive Tape Modeled on Nature Geckos outclass adhesive tapes in one respect: Even after repeated contact with dir... Read more
Hair today, gone tomorrow Everyone knows geckos have extraordinary powers of adhesion, able to clamber up vertical windows with remarkable ease. With the “Geckskin”, a tea... Read more
Can be repeatedly peeled off thousands of times without losing its ability to grip As is so often the case these days for those searching for a better way to stick stuff together, researcher... Read more
Image by Wahj via Flickr A team of engineers have formulated a new method of adhesion based on a natural phenomena found in geckos. Inspired by the gecko’s ability to stick to any kind of su... Read more
Image by Furryscaly via Flickr A Stanford mechanical engineer is using the biology of a gecko’s sticky foot to create a robot that climbs. In the same way the small reptile can scale a... Read more