That image sparked the name for what would become Gecko Robotics. Back in Pittsburgh ... a robot in my dorm room that could climb walls and used ultrasonic sensors to take a sonogram of entire steel ...

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Nanometers measure very small lengths. If one of your hairs were a mile wide, a nanometer would only take up one inch of it! A gecko’s attraction to surfaces like walls, ceilings and branches depends ...

They took a closer look at the animals, tested their DNA and quickly realized they’d discovered a new species: Cyrtodactylus chitwanensis, or the Chitwan bent-toed gecko. A Cyrtodactylus chitwanensis, ...

Gecko feet have inspired many intriguing applications, including a sticky tape, adhesives, a "stickybot" climbing robot, and even a strapless bra design. Now, scientists have developed a new kind ...