Re: Geckos use nanotech

From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Wed Aug 28 2002 - 10:26:28 MDT


At 09:18 AM 8/28/02 -0700, Robert wrote:

>scientists
>have unraveled what allows Gecko's to stick to walls.
>Turns out they are using millions of hairs with tiny
>pads that use van der Walls forces

That's why it's called van der Walls force.

Oh wait, actually it's not. Still, one can dream...

Damien Broderick



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