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Researchers develop Spider-Man gloves

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LONDON (Reuters) - "Move over Spider-Man -- mere mortals may soon be coming to a ceiling near you. Researchers at the University of Manchester say they have cracked the secret of one of the reptile world's greatest climbers, the gecko, and produced a sticky tape that can mimic the lizard's gravity-defying abilities. Soon, people could walk on walls like comic-book superhero Spider-Man, the university said.

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05 June 2003 21:04 xdeath5 Vapid Buttmunch offline \| PM \| e-mail	uh, I'm actually not sure how a glove of this materila could work. I'm not big on science, but a simple question is actually moving your hands if it's so sticky. And furthermore, I thought geckos used static eletricity. Sorry, but this doesn't quite add up to me.
18 June 2003 01:52 staff Matt Vapid-in-Chief online \| PM \| e-mail	well, it's true!!! i swear!
30 Sep 2003 15:25 geckoman Vapid Buttmunch offline \| PM \| e-mail	You see xdeath5, geckos actually have special microscophic hairs on the bottom of thier feet. This allows them to attatch themselves to walls and cielings. They are designed so that one can easily move thier hand/foot foreward, to release it. Otherwise, the gecko could effortlessly stay there. The same goes for these Spider-Man Gloves. they have the same designed hairs on a gecko's feet. That is how these things work. Does that answer your question?

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