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==Background==
[[Image:Gecko Leaftail 1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Gecko]] climbing glass using its natural [[seta]]]]
A gecko can hang on a glass surface using only one toe. This ability is attributed to [[van der Waals force]],<ref>[http://www.clemson.edu/newsroom/articles/2009/august/geckos.php5 Researchers discover how geckos know when to hold tight<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Autumn|first1=Kellar|
==Developments==
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|bibcode = 2008Sci...322..238Q }}</ref> [[DARPA|Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency]] (DARPA) has a project called "Z-Man" that is attempting to develop a fabric allowing soldiers to scale vertical walls while carrying a full combat load.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.darpa.mil/our_work/DSO/programs/Z_man.aspx | title = Z-man | publisher = [[DARPA]] |
▲|bibcode = 2008Sci...322..238Q }}</ref> [[DARPA|Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency]] (DARPA) has a project called "Z-Man" that is attempting to develop a fabric allowing soldiers to scale vertical walls while carrying a full combat load.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.darpa.mil/our_work/DSO/programs/Z_man.aspx | title = Z-man | publisher = [[DARPA]] | accessdate = 2012-07-27 | last = Goodman | first = M | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120806163801/http://www.darpa.mil/Our_Work/DSO/Programs/Z_Man.aspx | archivedate = 2012-08-06 }}</ref> In February 2012 [[Nitto Denko]] developed a version of gecko tape capable of sticking at temperatures between -150 and 500°[[Celsius|C]].<ref>{{cite press release|title=Nitto Denko's "Gecko Tape" achieves precise, contamination-free analysis service in the -150- 500°C range | publisher = [[Nitto Denko]] | date = 2012-02-24 | accessdate = 2012-07-27 | url = http://www.nitto.com/news/20120224/index.html }}</ref>
==See also==
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