We could be Super Heros

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Want to scale walls like Spider-Man? DARPA's Z Man project has you covered. Inspired by spiders, geckos, and other small animals, DARPA, in conjunction with Draper Laboratory, has developed Geckskin, a synthetic adhesive that allows for climbing of smooth surfaces like glass walls. During testing, an operator climbed 25 feet vertically on a glass surface using no climbing equipment except a pair of handheld paddles covered with the material.

Pretty neat list.

[kb2vxa]

Is that a transformer or a Decepticon? What will DERPa think of next?

[XE1/N5AL]

Not trying to sound like a cheap imitation of "The WIK", but the current Director of DARPA, Dr. Arati Prabhakar, was a college classmate of mine.

[KG4CGC]

Not trying to sound like a cheap imitation of "The WIK", but the current Director of DARPA, Dr. Arati Prabhakar, was a college classmate of mine.

No, you don't sound like the WIK. The WIK actually helped him with his homework.

[VE7DCW]

Not trying to sound like a cheap imitation of "The WIK", but the current Director of DARPA, Dr. Arati Prabhakar, was a college classmate of mine.

No one could sound like "The WIK" ....... the guy is in a league of own!

[KG4NEL]

Not trying to sound like a cheap imitation of "The WIK", but the current Director of DARPA, Dr. Arati Prabhakar, was a college classmate of mine.

Well, don't feel too bad. My alma mater's only affiliation with DARPA has been building a mundane SUV that gets itself lost.



MIT used a Land Rover, of course.

[kb2vxa]

And I thought the WIKster was his professor.

[NQ6U]

When he was at DARPA, The WIK helped Al Gore invent the Internet.

[kb2vxa]

It was cats vs. tubes with no clear winner so they compromised.

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DARPA is great. They produce some awesome innovation. From the personal inventor to the largest corporation, DARPA needs people who posses a talent for innovation.