Every person knows geckos have extraordinary powers of adhesion, in a position to clamber up vertical windows with impressive ease. With the “Geckskin”, a team ofscientists have replicated the effect to produce a flat, index-card sized piece of material capable of carrying a 700-pound (318-kg) load – simply adequate for a flatscreen tv. It can be removed with ease and leaves no unpleasant oomska. And interestingly, it does not work as you may well think…
Continue Reading Gecko-inspired mess-free super-adhesive can stick a Tv to the wall
Section: Analysis Watch
Tags: Adhesive,
Biomimicry,
Gecko,
University of Massachusetts
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