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Harry Coumnas Has Created Hand-Sized Silicone Pads That Would Allow You to Crawl the Walls like Spiderman

Fascinated with how flawlessly spiderman crawls the walls with his sticky web, Harry Coumnas decided to create something that would allow humans to do the same. It took him over five years closely working with his scientist friends to create a material that enables humans to ascend a vertical wall. After an extensive research, Harry with his team, inspired by the sticky toes of geckos, created hand-sized silicone pads with tiny ridges which work well with smooth surfaces. Together, they also built a harness with each pad supporting the weight of a foot to rest.

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Harry Coumnas Has Created Hand-Sized Silicone Pads That Would Allow You to Crawl the Walls like Spiderman

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  1. Harry Coumnas Harry Coumnas Has That That Would Would Allow You Has Created Created Hand Allow You to to Crawl Spiderman Spiderman Hand- -Sized Silicone Pads Sized Silicone Pads Crawl the the Walls Walls like like H Harry Coumnas arry Coumnas has been a fan of superheroes since he was a small kid. His favorite is the spiderman known for his wall- crawling powers. Fascinated with how flawlessly spiderman crawls the walls with his sticky web, Harry decided to create something that would allow humans to do the same. It took him over five years closely working with his scientist friends to create a material that enables humans to ascend a vertical wall. After an extensive research, Harry with his team, inspired by the sticky toes of geckos, created hand-sized silicone pads with tiny ridges which work well with smooth surfaces. Together, they also built a harness with each pad supporting the weight of a foot to rest. Talking in detail about the research and countless experiments it took Harry Coumnas Harry Coumnas and his team to create the ideal material for crawling, he said, “First we used magnetic boots, suction cups, but failed. Our previous attempts to copy gecko feet also did not work. Geckos, and spiders, stick to walls as the tiny hooks and hair together takes advantage of the forces that dominate the atomic-scale world”. He further added, “By using the silicone pads created by me and my team, humans can climb walls and stay on ceilings for as long as they want. However, these only work well under idealistic conditions, such as flat, smooth surfaces with no curves or defects. Besides that, they allow you to crawl across ceilings strong enough to bear any weight.”

  2. Harry Coumnas Harry Coumnas is glad that after his invention, donning a pair of gecko-tape gloves and scale walls like Spider-Man might not be fantasy anymore for those who wanted to climb like spiderman. Harry’s next mission is to develop the technology that would allow climbers to move faster and more smoothly.

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