This article reports that, wearing a gecko-inspired glove, “a person could dangle from the ceiling.” How would that person let go?
David D. Jones St. Paul, Minn.
The microscopic hairs on a gecko’s feet stick only when the angle at which they meet the surface is just right. To unstick its feet, a gecko peels them off the surface, changing the angle at which the hairs meet the surface.
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