Real Life Spiderman Suit in the Works
Just recently, physicists discovered that van der Waals forces (the weak attraction that molecules have for each other when they are brought very close together) are what give spiders and geckos their ability to scale effortlessly up walls and across ceilings.
Inevitably, a new group has published their intent to make sticky human suits in the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. An Italian engineer and physicist named Nicola Pugno has come up with a formula that would support someone's body weight, but still be easily detachable.
Through a series of tiny hooks and loops, they plan to develop a suit that acts as a type of microscopic Velcro that could function on any surface — even underwater!
They are still ironing out the kinks and experimenting with a variety of materials and ideas, but Pugno says:
"However now that we are this step closer, it may not be long before we are seeing people climbing up the Empire State Building with nothing but sticky shoes and gloves to support them."
Watch out Peter Parker, you may have a new group of super-villains (or at least more "traffic") on your hands!
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