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Spiderman suit breakthrough

Soldiers of the future could use special "Spiderman" suits to walk up sheer surfaces and even stick to the ceiling.

BAE Systems has developed a material that closely mimics the feet of a gecko lizard, which can scale vertical glass.

The research is still at an early stage but the firm said "infantry climbing suits" could be made out of the material, giving the troops gecko-like abilities.

A "government organisation" is also interested in using the material for a "particular covert application" connected to surveillance, according to a BAE Systems spokesman.

The gecko's foot is covered with tiny hairs, which are so small they effectively merge with molecules of things that they touch.

Dr Jeff Sargent, a research physicist at BAE Systems' Advanced Technology Centre in Bristol, said: "We wanted to mimic this ability.

"We have made a small amount of this material and we have demonstrated that it will stick on glass surfaces to demonstrate that it's got some potential.

"We have demonstrated we can do multiple attachments with this material - you can stick it down once and stick it down again. Having a Spiderman glove is a long way down the road, but in principle, you might have something like that."

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That's awesome.
I think the technology forum would be the best bet.

It sounds good now, but it won't be good for parents when kids want the new spiderman costume for christmas.

ive always wondered that...if u stick on to the wall...wouldnt it be hard to climb up? because of the super stickyness or whatever one goes through every step/climb? ah wells..still awesome...i want that suit >.<

its about time!, why couldn't they think of that when i was a little younger?
i've wanted something like that for years.
i wonder if they'll make it in black?...

anyways these days technology is evolving really quick these days, so it won't take them that long to develop it further.

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I love this spider-man suit, I wanna buy one when it's gonna be commercialized. What's next? Springheel Jack shoes?

I think they already made the Spring shoes.



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Maybe the Goblin's sky skooter will come next?

Your right infact I don;t think most people realize that do be able to move like Spiderman on the wall is an impossibility. Not because the suit is sticky mind you but more or less because humans aren't designed to climb down a wall for example.

If you climbed down the Empire State building head first you would pass out before you reached the bottom. If anyone here has rock climbed before then they know how tiring climbing vertically can be. You would have to be in extremely good physical shape to be able to scale a building.

a spiderman suit? how cool is that? I want one!

sounds hanging from the ceiling. i wanna buy one if this comes out

Those guys are WAY behind the times. Ninja have been clinging to ceilings forever!!


(on a serious note, that will be a pretty cool invention.)

I've rock climbed, and didn't find the difficulty in it that you're describing. I could scale a building if I had a place for my hands to grab and my feet to rest on.

Actually, I've scaled a two story stone house before. I've climbed a 30+ foot wall, more than once.