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Could humans one day walk on walls ?
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T.K. RandallFebruary 3, 2010 ·
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A new adhesive device invented at Cornell could one day make it possible to move up walls just like Spiderman.
The palm-sized device uses water surface tension as an adhesive bond, it was developed based on inspiration from a species of beetle in Florida that can adhere itself to leaves with a force 100 times its own weight.
The rapid adhesion mechanism could lead to such applications as shoes or gloves that stick and unstick to walls, or Post-it-like notes that can bear loads, according to Paul Steen, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, who invented the device with Michael Vogel, a former postdoctoral associate.
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