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richie
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06 Feb 2010, 12:45 pm

Pentagon Funds Spider-Man Tech for Real-Life Wall Crawlers

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A team of chemical engineers at Cornell have created a palm-sized device that could one day turn troops into human wall crawlers, using an adhesive bond inspired by beetles.
Pentagon Funds Spider-Man Tech for Real-Life Wall Crawlers.
A team of chemical engineers at Cornell have created a palm-sized device that could one day turn troops into human wall crawlers, using an adhesive bond inspired by beetles.No surprise that Darpa, the Pentagon agency often inspired by sci-fi, is behind this one. They?ve been funding superhero efforts for years, from Superman X-Ray vision to human flight via cannonball (well, sorta). Spider-Man capabilities have been a top priority too, in hopes that troops might one day scale verticals without the need for rope or ladder. So far, wall-climbing projects have yielded scampering robots, but haven't mimicked the results in humans.....


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06 Feb 2010, 1:52 pm

Veddy Interesting!


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17 Feb 2010, 9:59 pm

had to happen eventually