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The U.S. Military Studied Gecko Feet To Build Real Spider-Man Suits, A Biologist Explains
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DARPA's Z-Man program demonstrated a 200-pound climber scaling glass using adhesive paddles inspired by gecko feet. Gecko toes use van der Waals forces from microscopic setae and spatulae. Engineers at Draper Laboratory and Stanford replicated the structural approach, not the hairs themselves, to create synthetic adhesives for soldiers.
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