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  • Gecko lizards inspire 'Spiderman gloves' (prototype to be available within 3 years)

    01/22/2008 8:25:57 PM PST · by Stoat · 32 replies · 1,113+ views
    The Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | January 23, 2008 | Roger Highfield
      Gecko lizards inspire 'Spiderman gloves' By Roger Highfield, Science Editor  Last Updated: 12:01am GMT 23/01/2008       Prototype "Spiderman gloves" that will enable window cleaners to scale walls, robots to scurry across ceilings and rock climbers to hang about could be ready within three years.There has been popular interest in how to mimic his extraordinary wall climbing ability since 1962, when the web-slinging hero with superhuman strength was born in the pages of Marvel Comics.   'Spiderman gloves' could be ready within three years Shy, nerdy Peter Parker managed the feat after being bitten by a radioactive spider on...