Wanna be Spiderman?

Engineers at Stanford University have created a fabric inspired by the feet of lizards and geckos. Those you don't know, a gecko use little hairs on their feet to create a one-way adhesive. The project, known as Z-man, will potentially allow us to walk up walls, just like spiderman. Each step is creates a sticky bond that can be broken relatively easily by simply moving in the opposite direction. 

They have tested Z-man on a robotic gecko, it worked perfectly. They are now working on up-scaling the project for humans. Its really like hooking and unhooking yourself from whatever surface your walking up.

I would pay a lot of money for one of those....

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  • that would be so awesome. i want one.
  • that would be amazing, i've always wanted to be like spiderman. I hope they perfect this!
  • thats awesome!! i wanna walk up walls!!! thats pretty intersting!
  • that is like the coolest thing ever!!! i would LOVE to do that
  • that is awesome! sounds like this could really work. if so, im in.
  • yes please.
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