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Gecko Tapes

• 369548684892826 2y ago
  > It is only recently that scientists have unlocked the secret behind the lizards’ perplexing mobility and begun engineering synthetic materials mimicking their abilities. I wish there was a law saying pages that use relative dates must be timestamped. Anyway, Wayback Machine says it's been around since at least 2014.
  • s0rce 2y ago
    The mechanism of Gecko adhesion has been known for more than 20 years https://academic.oup.com/icb/article/42/6/1081/698253 https://academic.oup.com/icb/article/42/6/1081/698253 https://www.nature.com/articles/35015073 https://www.nature.com/articles/35015073 https://college.lclark.edu/live/profiles/13-kellar-autumn https://college.lclark.edu/live/profiles/13-kellar-autumn
• metadat 2y ago
  > Considering a gecko foot has an area around only 100 mm2 Is this measurement for some kind of large-sized gecko? Geckos in Hawai'i have significantly smaller feet, maybe 20-40% this proposed area or less. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_dust_day_gecko https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_dust_day_gecko