Design from Nature – 3
- POSTED ON: 23 Apr, 2017
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- POSTED BY: Chari Vijayaraghavan
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Let’s look at to our third inspiration – from geckos to super glue! To view the image, move the slider from the right hand side towards the left on the image.
Did you know that the idea for super glue comes from the gecko(lizard)? The feet of the gecko are covered with millions of microscopic hairs and in between these hairs is a field of attractive forces that makes it so strong that one single toe can carry eight times the weight of the gecko.
This phenomenon has been copied by scientists and they ended up creating super glue. Super glue can be used to glue objects over 1 kg onto smooth surfaces. It can be used to glue things in places where you can’t use wet glue such as in space! Spiderman might have wanted to discover this earlier!
[Images: Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons]