“[…] brassieres (primarily strapless brassieres and but also those with straps), dresses, swimsuits, socks, tops and other articles of clothing (or the like) have a tendency to fall down or off […]” – explains a new (Aug 2016) US patent. The novel methodology for holding them up makes use of intermolecular electrostatic attractive forces known […]
Tag: geckos
The tail of the gecko (continued)
What is it for? Researchers from the Poly-PEDAL Lab at the University of California, Berkeley, have been investigating. “We show that a gecko’s tail functions as an emergency fifth leg to prevent falling during rapid climbing.” explain authors Jusufi, A., D. I. Goldman, S. Revzen, and R. J. Full in their 2008 paper Active tails […]