Made gloves help people climb the vertical glass wall

Elliot Hawkers, a doctoral student at Stanford University, has teamed with his team to create a "gecko" - a glove that helps people climb the vertical glass wall without thanks to wires or any auxiliary equipment.

It's easier to imagine when you remember Spider Man, the guy climbing, cow crawling on every surface. With the Hawkers' glove, the bearer could do the same for the same thing, but only to be careful and climb slowly.

It is known that the surface of each glove will consist of 24 small sticky pieces, each of which is covered with serrated polymer material with a length of 100 micrometers. Underneath each stick is a special spring shock absorber, this is the point that this glove can distribute the force on the surface, not to put too much emphasis on a certain point.

According to Hawkers, when the user touches the glove against the wall, only the tip of the stick touches the surface and has no adhesion at all. However, everything will grip when the weight of the body rests on the glove, and to remove the glove from the glass surface, just lift the right hand corner and reduce the pressure on the body.

The current "Spider Man " version supports a maximum body weight of up to 90kg, but according to the developer, theoretically, if the size of the glove increases by 10x, it will withstand weight. weighs 900kg.

The Hawkers team is still waiting for a patent for this glove, and the practical application remains a big question as it needs to be improved to provide maximum safety for the user.