{"id":290289,"date":"2010-02-03T01:33:57","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T06:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/switchable-adhesive-surface-tension-water\/14064\/"},"modified":"2010-02-03T01:33:57","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T06:33:57","slug":"has-the-human-gekkos-time-finally-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/290289","title":{"rendered":"Has the human gekko&#8217;s time finally come?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/switchable-adhesive.jpg\" alt=\"Applying an electric field will make the new device adhere to a surface, reversing the fie...\"><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at Cornell University have created a palm-sized device that uses water tension as a switchable adhesive bond and can support many times its own weight. The device could usher in a whole new generation of superheroes by allowing shoes or gloves that stick and unstick to walls on command, or see the creation of Post-It notes that can bear loads. ..<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/cornell\/\" rel=\"tag\">Cornell<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/membrane\/\" rel=\"tag\">Membrane<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/prototype\/\" rel=\"tag\">Prototype<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/water\/\" rel=\"tag\">Water<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/fraunhofer-develops-technology-for-the-bonded-aircraft\/9975\/\">Fraunhofer develops technology for the bonded aircraft<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/education-news-goes-paperless-in-houston\/8539\/\">Education news goes paperless in Houston<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/time-telescope-speeds-optical-transmission\/13025\/\">&#8216;Time telescope&#8217; speeds up optical transmission by 27 times<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/nanoscale-light-resonator\/13401\/\">Light resonators used to move nano-sized objects<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tiny-lasers-nano-circuitry\/12590\/\">Tiny lasers hold key to nano-circuitry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/carbon-nanotubes-solar-cell\/12819\/\">Carbon nanotubes used to build a near-ideal efficiency solar cell<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/aqRBzxZJI6BZW2W1eDnGyDe_UWA\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/aqRBzxZJI6BZW2W1eDnGyDe_UWA\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/aqRBzxZJI6BZW2W1eDnGyDe_UWA\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/aqRBzxZJI6BZW2W1eDnGyDe_UWA\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=Av8gSEiyxJk:sWTmtG6ux_g:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=Av8gSEiyxJk:sWTmtG6ux_g:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=Av8gSEiyxJk:sWTmtG6ux_g:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=Av8gSEiyxJk:sWTmtG6ux_g:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=Av8gSEiyxJk:sWTmtG6ux_g:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=Av8gSEiyxJk:sWTmtG6ux_g:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=Av8gSEiyxJk:sWTmtG6ux_g:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine\/~4\/Av8gSEiyxJk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at Cornell University have created a palm-sized device that uses water tension as a switchable adhesive bond and can support many times its own weight. 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