A new kind of climbing?

[Gaston_Lagaffe]

This link gives a whole new meaning to "tape is aid."

[Dru]

"We have also considered producing a large amount of gecko tape, sufficient amounts to enable a student to hang out of a window of a tall building," Professor Geim said. "However, it would cost too much money, and would not benefit us scientifically, so we have limited our demonstration to the Spiderman toy."

 

Pretty expensive aid. BD Spider Gloves: $30, 000 each?

[EWolfe]

...and here you thought an aid rack was expensive! Gloves to be seen soon on Boulder, CO trustafarians...

[lummox]

Gaston_Lagaffe said:

This link gives a whole new meaning to "tape is aid."

that shit is old

 

[Dru]

Producing the gecko tape involves processes similar to those used in making computer chips. It is long and expensive.

 

"There are some problems we have to solve before this could be used commercially; the main one is that it doesn't stay sticky for long enough. oops!

 

"So we have to solve this, and that's why we're publishing the research now in Nature Materials. We hope some other people might be able to help us."

 

Professor Geim has high hopes for the gecko tape and is convinced its remarkable properties will eventually find many applications.

 

"We had this idea of making some tape the size of a hand and suspending someone outside the laboratory window.

 

"We decided not to do it because it would have taken a long time and cost thousands and thousands of pounds, and wouldn't have proved anything scientifically. But we had lots of volunteers."

[thelawgoddess]

i'm curious as to how high up the window was. curious ... because they had lots of volunteers.