The Stickiest *Non-Sticky* Substance

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Adhesives based on gecko skin can hold huge weights - without sticking to anything. Head to brilliant.org/... to start your free trial. The first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliant’s annual premium subscription.
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Thanks to Dr. Mark Cutkosky, Tony Chen, Amar Hajj-Ahmad, and the rest of the Biomimetics and Dexterous Manipulation Lab at Stanford University for showing us the power of gecko adhesives.
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References:
Russell, A. P., Stark, A. Y., & Higham, T. E. (2019). The integrative biology of gecko adhesion: historical review, current understanding, and grand challenges. Integrative and comparative biology, 59(1), 101-116. - ve42.co/Russel...
Hajj-Ahmad, A., Suresh, S. A., and Cutkosky, M. R. (June 6, 2021). "Cutting to the Point: Directly Machined Metal Molds for Directional Gecko-Inspired Adhesives." ASME. J. Micro Nano-Manuf. - ve42.co/Hajj-A...
Kerst, Capella F., "Gecko inspired adhesives : permanent practical manufacturing, new materials, and applications," PhD Thesis, Stanford University, December 2020. - ve42.co/Kerst2020
Suresh, S.A. "Engineering Gecko-Inspired Adhesives." Ph.D. thesis, Stanford University, 2020. [Online]. - ve42.co/Suresh...
Suresh, S.A., Kerst, C.F., Cutkosky, M.R., Hawkes, E.W. "Spatially variant microstructured adhesive with one-way friction." Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 2019. - ve42.co/Suresh...
Glick, P., Suresh, S.A., Ruffatto III, D., Cutkosky, M.R., Tolley, M.T., and Parness, A. "A soft robotic gripper with gecko-inspired adhesive." Robotics and Automation Letters. 2018. - ve42.co/Glick2018
Christensen, D.L., Hawkes, E.W., Suresh, S.A., Ladenheim, K. and Cutkosky, M.R., "µTugs: Enabling Microrobots to Deliver Macro Forces with Controllable Adhesives," IEEE/ICRA 2015 (preprint). - ve42.co/Christ...
Hawkes, E. W., "Applying Dry Adhesives to the Real World," Ph.D. thesis, Stanford University, 2015. - ve42.co/Hawkes...
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Written by Derek Muller & Petr Lebedev
Edited by Trenton Oliver
Animation by Ivy Tello
Filmed by Derek Muller & Albert Leung
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@bdmlstanford
@bdmlstanford 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much to Derek and team for visiting our lab! This was a great video on our gecko-inspired adhesives, and the best explanation yet of Van der Waals forces.
@-dash.
@-dash. 2 жыл бұрын
are there a limit to how much you can use each piece of gecko adhesive? do the small structures degrade overtime so its not as sticky anymore?
@Sumcrab
@Sumcrab 2 жыл бұрын
Great work you're doing. Nature is so inspiring and we have so much to learn. Question: did you do tests, how your product works/doesn't work on anti-stick (Lotus inspired) materials? Keep up the good work :)
@Tobi-kp1ie
@Tobi-kp1ie 2 жыл бұрын
Would it be possible to cover a pipe with the material so that it could be used instead of tire profile. I think it would create way more friction/traction than any slick tire would in good conditions. The pipe would just have to be long enough to have enough contact points… please try and tell me how it went, would be super cool
@romanchavez5408
@romanchavez5408 2 жыл бұрын
@White Rabbit when we are asleep we are still conscious. Many people are ignorant on the aspect of what consciousness really is but in the reality we are always awake. It really shows that when we are awake we still don’t know anything given our ego of perception.
@polerin
@polerin 2 жыл бұрын
I assume it's not currently available as a commercial product, but I might have a non-robotics use for it.. is there a way to get some to experiment? This is just amazing.
@Nighthawkinlight
@Nighthawkinlight 2 жыл бұрын
Definitely the most impressive gecko tape I've seen. Neat stuff
@dismiggo
@dismiggo 2 жыл бұрын
It's definitely the most impressive gecko tape I've seen too, which is not saying much, since this is the *only* gecko tape I've seen...
@Sigilstone17
@Sigilstone17 2 жыл бұрын
Now we just need you to show us how to make it for the price of the change between the couch cushions and an expired Arby's coupon
@Hacktheplanet_
@Hacktheplanet_ 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah top 5
@wfemp_4730
@wfemp_4730 2 жыл бұрын
That's the second most impressive gecko tape I've ever seen.
@WetDoggo
@WetDoggo 2 жыл бұрын
I guess you're going to make some soon? make sure the wax is almost perfectly flat before cutting the grooves... which should definitely be done by a machine 🤔 if you're able to get those ridges longer, it should be able to stick to rougher surfaces, since they can comply a lot better.
@FeeshUnofficial
@FeeshUnofficial 2 жыл бұрын
I remember years ago as a young teen reading in a science magazine that someone was developing this. It's so cool to actually learn about the progress
@ArrKayCee
@ArrKayCee 2 жыл бұрын
One of the coolest parts of science is revisiting a topic a few years later and realizing they found the answer they were looking for and from that, 6 new questions arose lol.
@brittanyt729
@brittanyt729 2 жыл бұрын
What seems to be the first paper written about this was written in 2012.
@mrgcav
@mrgcav 2 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@mihailmilev9909
@mihailmilev9909 2 жыл бұрын
That is indeed very cool lol
@ebouwman034
@ebouwman034 2 жыл бұрын
Ya, I’m pretty sure 15-20 years ago it was on discovery on that daily science show (I forget it’s name).
@georgebaggy
@georgebaggy Жыл бұрын
I remember watching a seminar on this topic during my UCSB freshman chemical engineering orientation tour in 2009. Crazy to see the early research I learned about coming to fruition 14 years later.
@Goinggreenagain
@Goinggreenagain 6 ай бұрын
Developed at SRI?
@THOMASBanquy
@THOMASBanquy 3 ай бұрын
my dad worked on gecko adhesion at ucsb
@TimeBucks
@TimeBucks 2 жыл бұрын
I love stuff like this
@ajsweety4077
@ajsweety4077 2 жыл бұрын
Very nice
@anamparveen7336
@anamparveen7336 2 жыл бұрын
Nice
@buiphong7779
@buiphong7779 2 жыл бұрын
i like it
@tehbvxxhv293
@tehbvxxhv293 Жыл бұрын
Very nice 👍
@gopalshil349
@gopalshil349 Жыл бұрын
Hi
@XiadaniLicarayen
@XiadaniLicarayen 2 жыл бұрын
@5:01 "we cannot make what the geck has" loved the level of awe he has for the geckos architecture
@Blobbyo25
@Blobbyo25 2 жыл бұрын
God's creative ability cannot be replicated by humans! His design will always be better
@uncroppedsoop
@uncroppedsoop 2 жыл бұрын
@@Blobbyo25 inb4 ages like milk after enough time
@uncroppedsoop
@uncroppedsoop 2 жыл бұрын
@@ithecastic I never actually said anything about religion itself, just that humans will eventually be able to create things on the level of nature, and you go to insult me on a whim, but I'm the simple minded one?
@JohnSmith-lc1ml
@JohnSmith-lc1ml 2 жыл бұрын
He is to dumb
@uncroppedsoop
@uncroppedsoop 2 жыл бұрын
@@JohnSmith-lc1ml apparently your reply was just way too far for KZbin, it got automatically deleted lmao
@fish3977
@fish3977 2 жыл бұрын
Idea that a living organism, and somewhat large at that, uses van der waal forces to move is mindblowing
@metalmachine76
@metalmachine76 2 жыл бұрын
Evolution finds a way.
@FuriosoDrummer
@FuriosoDrummer 2 жыл бұрын
Evolution may be a slow and highly stochastic process but it'll optimize the hell out of solutions to problems.
@isaack6491
@isaack6491 2 жыл бұрын
No way it happened without intelligence
@nakedsnake_
@nakedsnake_ 2 жыл бұрын
@@isaack6491 wdym
@Legendendear
@Legendendear 2 жыл бұрын
@@isaack6491 Agreed. No way random processes can produce what the smartest humans alive cannot replicate.
@a.lollipop
@a.lollipop Жыл бұрын
I had a school project about biophysics and me and my group chose to talk about the geckos' adhesion, the van der waals forces are only one part of the very complex mechanism these animals use to climb! It's crazy how seemingly simple things in nature can be so complex and how we can learn from these things to build cool stuff. Great video :)
@Manwoker
@Manwoker 8 ай бұрын
I'm curious what the other parts are?
@CadeVoidlighter
@CadeVoidlighter 2 жыл бұрын
I'm blown away by how Vertiasium finds such fascinating topics all the time. I love so much learning fun things like this!
@nocturnomedieval
@nocturnomedieval 2 жыл бұрын
I see what you did, it's Bradtastic.
@KUSHxKiNG
@KUSHxKiNG 2 жыл бұрын
He find topics you only think about when your high lmfao. Dude is great and makes everything interesting.
@DragonOfTheMortalKombat
@DragonOfTheMortalKombat 2 жыл бұрын
He's basically Vsauce, with less weirdness and more travelling. I am always excited when new video comes out.
@joshmdmd
@joshmdmd 2 жыл бұрын
people contact him
@renderererer3572
@renderererer3572 2 жыл бұрын
This tech has been around for some time, perhaps not as matured as it is now. I remember a buzz during the time one of the MI movies came out where Tom Cruise uses an advanced(albeit fictional) version of this to climb the Burj Khalifa.
@matthysloedolff
@matthysloedolff 2 жыл бұрын
I remember in one of my nanotechnology courses at university around 2012 one of the physics lecturers told us about people investigating this sort of technology. Amazing to see it in action.
@uberubermensch
@uberubermensch 2 жыл бұрын
Kinda shows how University can have a place, but it ends up being a fraction of our lives in many cases. Uni didn't really say we'd move on and never need them, for reasons.
@joshmdmd
@joshmdmd 2 жыл бұрын
I've seen research like this for years. I think there was even a Bill Nye episode iirc. This is probably the furthest it's come since.
@ricoparadiso
@ricoparadiso 2 жыл бұрын
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@cobalius
@cobalius 2 жыл бұрын
2012 i was in 7th grade, interested in geckos and found the same news. Glad, that they finally understood geckos more and made gecko tape^^
@Somebodyherefornow
@Somebodyherefornow 2 жыл бұрын
@@ricoparadiso ☮️☯️
@virgilashruf718
@virgilashruf718 2 жыл бұрын
I _LOVE_ that you've published this. My nine year old has started a new theme at school this month, called biomimicry... I'm going to show this video to her; she'll love it.
@pauldenecke
@pauldenecke 2 жыл бұрын
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@Space_toast0
@Space_toast0 2 жыл бұрын
@lowrider 99
@Space_toast0
@Space_toast0 2 жыл бұрын
Why
@6thwilbury2331
@6thwilbury2331 2 жыл бұрын
Humble brag that it's a nine-year-old who is interested in biomimicry.
@gazill1onaire
@gazill1onaire 2 жыл бұрын
@@Space_toast0 🤬
@cjxgraphics
@cjxgraphics Жыл бұрын
I really thought those little ridges would be going the other direction, and gripping into whatever they were holding! But this is even more interesting. Looking forward to where this tech could lead in a few years/decades!
@anandsukhbaatar605
@anandsukhbaatar605 Жыл бұрын
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@anandsukhbaatar605
@anandsukhbaatar605 Жыл бұрын
Q
@MajorMinorGolf
@MajorMinorGolf 2 жыл бұрын
My grandfather has a PhD in zoology and biology. I'll never forget the day when he showed me a scientific journal entry with a picture of this and how fascinating they were to him. He is an ichthyologist, so it wasn't his area of expertise; however, there were always some facts he could add to a situation or story, and how he described that truly humbled me at the time and still does. I credit my grandfather for my curiosity and thank creators like you for making me extremely proud of him, highlighting fascinating things in our universe, and invigorating those who are hungry for more knowledge. Thank you.
@serenityderaeball
@serenityderaeball 2 жыл бұрын
I hope to be a marine biologist and have been going to the aquarium lately and seeing their feet and have been fascinated as well as your grandfather, the detail is beautiful
@conservativeriot5939
@conservativeriot5939 2 жыл бұрын
It's all thanks to God and His design.
@itsnetts
@itsnetts 2 жыл бұрын
@@conservativeriot5939 You just had to go there, huh?
@conservativeriot5939
@conservativeriot5939 2 жыл бұрын
@@itsnetts why not? God is the one that deserves credit for His design.
@mihailmilev9909
@mihailmilev9909 2 жыл бұрын
That's awesome. And thank you for commenting. What did he study exactly?
@Mannorsch
@Mannorsch 2 жыл бұрын
This exact effect was the reason I studied materials science in my masters. It's just incredible how far we have come, that we are able to use such effects on materials that *.*
@enorazza
@enorazza 2 жыл бұрын
And how much yet we have still to learn. Look on how far from an actual gecko we still are
@dooplon5083
@dooplon5083 2 жыл бұрын
@@Josh_728 I'd imagine so if the vinyl sheets mentioned use this force, but I have noticed some that are noticeably sticky one one side so perhaps some indeed use a thin adhesive in some fashion
@spkane86
@spkane86 2 жыл бұрын
@@enorazza Right? I'm so curious how much better is the gecko than the artificial version, considering we seem to be able to fill the same surface area. Is it something like 80% as good, 95% as good? What if it were like half as good as the gecko? Crazy to think of the possibilities were that the case and we just need to iterate on the processes
@seasong7655
@seasong7655 2 жыл бұрын
Very cool, what materials are you working on now?
@enorazza
@enorazza 2 жыл бұрын
@@spkane86 as they say in the video, what they can do is a very raw bad approx of what a gecko can. I would say they do not more than a mere 5-10% (i am being optimistic) and so, the possibilities are HUGE. We need to learn how to build something purely from a DNA.. like a cell does. Crispr is great to modify DNA, but to have a sheet of "gecko foot" made from the Gecko DNA (and then even improving it!) is pure science fiction nowadays. Having this capability will open the "God door" with unimaginable possibilities. We are so so far from that (50 years?)
@theuglybunny
@theuglybunny 2 жыл бұрын
I hope one day this technology is adapted as plasters/medical tape. My newborn requires an NG tube for feeding and we have to tape it to his cheek, but he is allergic to adhesive and we are now in a battle over managing his poor skin degrading. It makes me happy to think how future families in similar situations could benefit from this concept.
@David14A
@David14A 2 жыл бұрын
I’m so sorry to hear that my friend, I can’t imagine how it is for you guys. May All the Best be with you.
@hgff69
@hgff69 2 жыл бұрын
This technology has lots of applications in manufacturing industry and biomedtech
@dnmurphy48
@dnmurphy48 Жыл бұрын
That is so sad. Is there no hypoallogenic adhesive that could help?
@descai10
@descai10 Жыл бұрын
I recommend looking for hypoallergenic tape if you haven't already, many people who are sensitive to adhesive find it to be a life saver.
@clumsydoperequired1355
@clumsydoperequired1355 Жыл бұрын
Try Hypoallergenic band aid
@md.tahseenraza4791
@md.tahseenraza4791 Жыл бұрын
Gecko here, and it is hilarious how much humans have to do to mimic a fraction of our power....
@someasiandude4797
@someasiandude4797 8 ай бұрын
Very funny, hey when was the last time you went to space? Oops you can’t!
@someasiandude4797
@someasiandude4797 8 ай бұрын
Geckos are permanently banned from space flight
@md.tahseenraza4791
@md.tahseenraza4791 8 ай бұрын
@@someasiandude4797 🔥🔥🔥That burnt me good
@ahnafsadad6364
@ahnafsadad6364 6 ай бұрын
cuz thats the creation of god .
@ahnafsadad6364
@ahnafsadad6364 6 ай бұрын
@@someasiandude4797 why would he need to go to space? he is good in earth. btw have u ever gone to space?? are u an astronaut ?
@davvaz62
@davvaz62 Жыл бұрын
Wow i remember when i was younger, my family didn't have cable so i was stuck watching local TV. One of my favorite shows was on PBS kids called Wild Kratts. These 2 guys taught you all about animals but one of my favorites was the Gecko. The guys in this show had Gecko-inspired suits which i always wanted to be real. This is really making my childhood dreams come true
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@rickythe2nd63 Жыл бұрын
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@tamtran-lx6zr
@tamtran-lx6zr Жыл бұрын
ok
@tritamtran7264
@tritamtran7264 Жыл бұрын
ok
@lycu3093
@lycu3093 Жыл бұрын
ok
@booster247
@booster247 2 жыл бұрын
I used to have a Crested Gecko - I loved watching him climb. They curl their toes upward to release their grip, and lay them flat to support their weight. It was fascinating to watch.
@jasondoust4935
@jasondoust4935 Жыл бұрын
I had my equivalent of a Disney moment in my garden a few weeks ago when a gecko landed on the back of my hand. Having the real thing walk across my skin was remarkable. I swear that I could feel the pads of its feet moulding to the profile of my skin and this video kind of confirms that experience. (Beautiful little shimmering speckled beasty!) I let it down gently onto a tussock grass and it went on its way. Biomimetics has much to teach us.
@Hzur
@Hzur Жыл бұрын
A gecko falling on my hand is my worst nightmare since I have Batrachophobia.
@Chris-ks4sw
@Chris-ks4sw Жыл бұрын
What is a Disney moment
@AloneSitoYTTM
@AloneSitoYTTM Жыл бұрын
💀
@East16
@East16 Жыл бұрын
@@Hzur do you mean Herpetophobia (fear of reptiles) ? Batrachophobia is fear of frogs
@gaminggaming6180
@gaminggaming6180 Жыл бұрын
@@East16They are incredibly afraid that the gecko is friends with a frog.
@DarkAngelEU
@DarkAngelEU 2 жыл бұрын
I remember people telling me gecko tape would NEVER be possible, even the guy inventing this tape says so, but he still persisted and they developed something that comes pretty close to it. This is amazing! Another dream come true
@fvictor77
@fvictor77 2 жыл бұрын
Who… who said that to you.
@DarkAngelEU
@DarkAngelEU Жыл бұрын
@@fvictor77 My high school biology teacher. She pointed out, like the guy in the video, that their suction ability cannot be recreated in a lab. Only something that mimics it.
@fvictor77
@fvictor77 Жыл бұрын
Well that’s a kinda dumb thing to say especially as a science teacher they were also saying we would never go to the moon, fly, or breathe underwater. I guess that’s why he was a high school teacher and not a professor
@DarkAngelEU
@DarkAngelEU Жыл бұрын
@@fvictor77 My teacher was a woman and she has a PhD in Biology and Physics. She's definitely smarter than you because, if you read this correctly, you'd understand her point is exactly the same as the professor in the video, and you also would have noticed I referred to her as a woman, not a man. What a way to make a fool of yourself for everyone who can read this.
@fvictor77
@fvictor77 Жыл бұрын
@@DarkAngelEU oh she’s a woman. My bad not tryna trigger y’all. But why was she a high school teacher… spend all that on a PHD that obviously means she’s not that great. not claiming to be smarter just that a real scientist would ever call something like that impossible. We’re just not there yet. Did you have a crush on her?
@h8utubesomuch
@h8utubesomuch Жыл бұрын
This is one of the most impressive and incredible things that I’ve seen in a long time.
@Sunnyshrimple
@Sunnyshrimple Жыл бұрын
hehe nice
@j.o.kearns9255
@j.o.kearns9255 Жыл бұрын
Imagine if we used this concept, then applied it to every day walking shoes/ slip resistant boots or foot wear in general. Cool concept
@fernandocesar8230
@fernandocesar8230 2 жыл бұрын
this is absolutely amazing! a professor of inorganic chemistry i had in college used geckos to explain van de waals forces. He went on saying that geckos used the induced dipoles to attach themselves to walls, but weak as those forces are, they were not enough to make a new substance, or else we would end up with some "wall geckoate" (free translation) everytime a gecko climbs something
@laszloszabo556
@laszloszabo556 Жыл бұрын
Köszönjük!
@SamuraiPipotchi
@SamuraiPipotchi 2 жыл бұрын
The fact that it only took six of those tiny robots to pull a car is kind of insane.
@truffle_pig
@truffle_pig 2 жыл бұрын
What are you talking about? It was four pieces of gecko tape that supported the winch that pulled the car
@okramoffacebook1381
@okramoffacebook1381 2 жыл бұрын
I will add without prior knowledge!
@MajorMokoto
@MajorMokoto 2 жыл бұрын
It's less than 100lbs it's exerting. Using a car like this is highly deceptive. It's still very cool stuff. But the demonstration pull is not what it seems. It's like when Toyota shows them pulling a space shuttle with a tundra. It only needed like 500 foot pounds of force to get it moving
@BondJFK
@BondJFK 2 жыл бұрын
@@MajorMokoto Its not meant to be pulling weight , its real use case is in robotic arms to handle delicate items where weight is not an issue and can not use conventional robotic arms because pressure exerted by conventional arms will damage the delicate items
@MajorMokoto
@MajorMokoto 2 жыл бұрын
@@BondJFK exactly. Which is why it's deceptive to show them pulling a car. And give the wrong impression of its capabilities.
@alejandroescalera8179
@alejandroescalera8179 2 жыл бұрын
Hello Derek, I have an idea for a video. In chemistry, I learned that in redox reactions, electrons transfer, but it was never quite explained how or why exactly they do it. I would love a video about this process, which I found out is explained using quantum mechanics. That way, I might finally understand how the electrochemical potential table forms and why different organisms are an-/aerobic on a deeper level. If you (not Derek) read this and also wonder how this works, I would appreciate if you could give this comment a push so that Derek sees it. Thanks, keep up the good work, and greetings from Switzerland. Alejandro
@taldickman2853
@taldickman2853 2 жыл бұрын
Second!
@SasquatchPJs
@SasquatchPJs 2 жыл бұрын
Push
@طالبةسادس-ق4ك
@طالبةسادس-ق4ك 2 жыл бұрын
++
@maxvanmon8322
@maxvanmon8322 2 жыл бұрын
Push
@JoachimVampire
@JoachimVampire 2 жыл бұрын
push
@revanjagergaming8714
@revanjagergaming8714 2 жыл бұрын
It is truly amazing what we can do with 'babies first imitation' of nature. It's so exciting to see breakthroughs like this, can't wait to see where this tech goes in the future.
@05degrees
@05degrees 2 жыл бұрын
Well, evolution just had a very early start compared to human designs. That’s really its single advantage. We can do better and we already have been doing better for centuries (for example, wheel-based tech, electromagnetic tech, in general many obscure things I don’t know about). So I’m double hyped. Guys simplified the material and made it even more usable (I mean, I don’t know how geckos regenerate their skin material when it damages over time, being so delicate; I bet it uses a lot of complicated biochemical processes-but this material is cleaned to a nice degree just by using sticky tape?-that’s neat.
@daddyfuse50
@daddyfuse50 2 жыл бұрын
@@05degrees We cant do better than God, unfortunately. Natural design is superior to every attempt at human imitation, and you cant name a single design that doesnt have a better natural counterpart that is immeasurably more efficient.
@HaroldSeaman
@HaroldSeaman 2 жыл бұрын
@@daddyfuse50 every human design is natural its arrived from the same process of evolution as the ones we see in nature. We are not separate from this. An alien species could look at our inventions and say wow how beautiful is nature.
@daniel1RM
@daniel1RM 2 жыл бұрын
This is what "thinking outside the box" looks like
@Hoaxe72
@Hoaxe72 2 жыл бұрын
@@05degreesimagine believing in evolution
@jem5636
@jem5636 Жыл бұрын
So cool to learn how this stuff is actually made! I've been hearing about the gecko tech for years and all it can do, this is truly awesome.
@mabr20
@mabr20 2 жыл бұрын
Years on after leaving school and I am continuously impressed by the quality of the content you provide for free that far exceeds most institutions. It’s just amazing how simply you explain concepts in a quarter of an hour.
@MrTrevortxeartxe
@MrTrevortxeartxe 2 жыл бұрын
It is free for us to enjoy, yet he is paid for his content. In fact, the more we consume, the more he is paid! An amazing system indeed.
@fard22223
@fard22223 2 жыл бұрын
@@MrTrevortxeartxe The unbiased curtain nearly harass because condition especially embarrass over a jagged salt. wooden, sloppy share
@fard22223
@fard22223 2 жыл бұрын
@@MrTrevortxeartxe angry birds.
@TaigiTWeseDiplomat--Formosan
@TaigiTWeseDiplomat--Formosan 2 жыл бұрын
That's why the school is
@kingoreo7050
@kingoreo7050 2 жыл бұрын
@@fard22223what?
@TheContrariann
@TheContrariann 2 жыл бұрын
When I was in School, about 15 years ago, we had this book "Geko's Foot" in our library, it was full of how amazing and fascinating the Geko's foot was! The ideas discussed in the book are now a reality! Science does make progress!
@earthlingsixbillionsomethi2486
@earthlingsixbillionsomethi2486 2 жыл бұрын
It's kinda sad that this is the progress after decades.
@pesty4592
@pesty4592 2 жыл бұрын
@@earthlingsixbillionsomethi2486 it makes nature even more amazing
@lordgarion514
@lordgarion514 2 жыл бұрын
@@earthlingsixbillionsomethi2486 Things have always taken quite a while. We just didn't hear about the research until it was getting close to market. We might be more advanced than in decades past, but we're also doing more complicated things. It took NASA 20 years to get JWST done. But they had to invent half a dozen new technologies and advance them enough to be usable in space. It took 11 years to make the Blu-ray. Even though it's just a DVD with a different color laser and new programming. It was 80 years after the invention of the fridge before you could buy one in a store.
@bamideleemmanuel2036
@bamideleemmanuel2036 2 жыл бұрын
@@lordgarion514 I mean it is easier to sit your ass at home and demand progress when you are not the one at work. We tend to see scientific and technological advancement as something that is bound to happen and that we are 100% entitled to. Although it's like it's almost impossible to slow its pace down now 'cause many hands are on deck, these things have always been done by people like ourselves and they actually take time. It's just that successful ones are easy to spot than thousand of the unknown, failed procedures leading to successful ones.
@clusterstage
@clusterstage 2 жыл бұрын
You know my epiphany from this video? I always thought Van der Waals force was sort of a suction cup. You just taught me something new. Thanks Veritasium. Great, in=depth, dive.
@Ildarioon
@Ildarioon 2 жыл бұрын
How can you know about van der waals forces and believe it's a sort of suction cup?
@clusterstage
@clusterstage 2 жыл бұрын
@@Ildarioon that's what im saying. i read articles without taking the time to google the meaning of van der walls
@MrJackhammer
@MrJackhammer Жыл бұрын
Gecko: *elegant, unique solution for climbing things* Squirrel: "SO ANYWAY, I JUST DIG MY CLAWS IN LIKE THIS"
@neuffexx
@neuffexx 2 жыл бұрын
Would love to see you try to climb with that. I've heard of the attempt or idea at least of using the principle of how Geckos climb many years ago, but no one really knew how it worked as you mentioned so I'm really happy to see such a big step forward not only in the understanding but also application of this principle that was a mystery and challenge for so long.
@Pussmash
@Pussmash 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah but you heard the man. We can't make spatula.
@ulalaFrugilega
@ulalaFrugilega Жыл бұрын
Also, we need the man, so go climb a building yourself, please
@DatAsianGuy
@DatAsianGuy Жыл бұрын
@@Pussmash yet. maybe in the future with more sophisticated technology we might be able to do so.
@Pussmash
@Pussmash Жыл бұрын
@lJ_K 3D printing will just get better and better, I think that might be a possible way to do it one day. Technology is amazing for sure.
@fiveoneecho
@fiveoneecho 2 жыл бұрын
I love how the technique they use for manufacturing this stuff is dead simple on a small scale. Their machine is quite large for the precission, so that's definitely where it gets to an impressive level of engineering, but if you wanted a few millimeters of the stuff, sub-micron precission is super easy to obtain at that level with enough gearing! This gives a lot of hope for the availability of this stuff. I'm sure people will also revolutionize the way it's manufactured to increase the effectiveness, but for this method; basically dead easy and awesome!
@Insane_Kane
@Insane_Kane 2 жыл бұрын
I want the gripper with the sg90 servo they showed to badly, it seems perfect for picking up cards.
@OptimusPhillip
@OptimusPhillip 2 жыл бұрын
Do note, however, that the hairs on a spider's legs also use Van der Waals forces to adhere to surfaces, so it's a different implementation of the same principle.
@MuzikMann96
@MuzikMann96 Жыл бұрын
YES! Thank you for this! I’ve been watching for someone to talk about van der waals force! I saw a study from MIT where students actually held up a dictionary with a 1cm^2 square of carbon nanotubes. Super cool tech. Didn’t realized someone had worked van der waals into a tape.
@user-gp9um2ty7p
@user-gp9um2ty7p Жыл бұрын
👆👆👆ʟᴇᴛ's ᴛᴀʟᴋ💬 ɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀɴᴋs ғᴏʀ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜɪɴɢ📺••°
@the_0_man
@the_0_man 2 жыл бұрын
Man. This seems so cool and awesome. I can think of actual practical applications this might have and in about 5 years from now, this might be in our lives in ways unimaginable. Veritasium is one of my favourite channel on YT. Loved the video absolutely!
@NotZombiee
@NotZombiee Жыл бұрын
It won't be, it was made more than 10 years ago, and it's still not on the market for some reason
@MrDevintcoleman
@MrDevintcoleman 2 жыл бұрын
Ya know… I’m sitting here again marveling at the fact that this is one of the only channels that continues to spontaneously make me say some exclamation out loud when something is explained. ❤
@ShannonJacobs0
@ShannonJacobs0 2 жыл бұрын
The original business model of KZbin was annoying, but at least the ads were reasonable. New flood of invasive, repetitive, and offensive ads are EVIL. Google is now fully dedicated to doing any evil that seems profitable. And censoring complaints, too.
@traceywindle962
@traceywindle962 2 жыл бұрын
If you like great explanations pop over to godgevlamste continents and time zones
@dewinmoonl
@dewinmoonl 2 жыл бұрын
1:05 as a fellow scientist, you can tell this professor practised how to explain his work in just 1 minute. this is his branding statement that he has refined over years and years of research and iteration with a branding statement like this, he can get funding, recruit students, and inspire other researchers all in under 1 minute just a side observation that I thought I can share. this branding statement is as much virtuoso as playing a hard piece on a violin
@hmind9836
@hmind9836 2 жыл бұрын
Nice
@comicus01
@comicus01 2 жыл бұрын
It's a nice, succinct summary, but it's also clearly edited. Watch it again. Maybe they just edited out the moments where he wasn't talking, but they could have also edited out some extra comments.
@okayfine6342
@okayfine6342 2 жыл бұрын
@Ithecastic this isn't at all how university research works and you have a massively skewed perspective of what D.I.E. represents :) what is your experience with university research and what led you to have this thought?
@JaredBrewerAerospace
@JaredBrewerAerospace 2 жыл бұрын
@@okayfine6342 As a fellow scientist, I agree this is a wtf? Maybe trying to skew youtube search results?
@brrrrrr
@brrrrrr 2 жыл бұрын
@@JaredBrewerAerospace probably one of those "end wokeness" guys
@Kirnotsarg
@Kirnotsarg Жыл бұрын
Amazing! Back in march 2015 I happened to walk into Mark Cutkosky's lab and talked to him. I saw some students playing with a heap of plastic geckos next to a wall panel. Now I know what he was up to then.
@glorioustrump245
@glorioustrump245 Жыл бұрын
sure
@ekanshgupta6333
@ekanshgupta6333 Жыл бұрын
I've always thought that wander walls forces are very weak. I knew that it acted between the atomic sheets of graphite and holds the entire thing together but after seeing this video I think completely different about this amazing force which could handle sheer strength. Imagine how much strong it would be if we were to replicate it exactly like that of a gecko has!
@florianambach2938
@florianambach2938 Жыл бұрын
Just for clarification all forces between partial charged atoms are called van der waals forces what he is specifically referring to is called London dispersion forces
@ekanshgupta6333
@ekanshgupta6333 Жыл бұрын
@@florianambach2938 oh! Thanks! 😊
@tec4303
@tec4303 Жыл бұрын
Those forces are also what keep the polymer chains in thermoplastics together
@xXOverHaulXx
@xXOverHaulXx 2 жыл бұрын
*Aggressively plays Mission Impossible theme song*
@Matthew-ul4mh
@Matthew-ul4mh 2 жыл бұрын
The way the short for this video is being used is the best way I’ve ever seen a short being used. Basically a sample of the first part of the video, instead of some 1/30 part short compilation. Would be great if all KZbinrs did it this way.
@JackieJKENVtuber
@JackieJKENVtuber Жыл бұрын
11:30 bro really said "I'm suction cup man, look at me go!"
@MajorMinorGolf
@MajorMinorGolf 2 жыл бұрын
Follow up to my comment about my grandfather, I sent him this video and he sent me this back 😀 "Thanks I traveled to Brownsville, Texas to collect specimens off the glass walls of the airport terminal building. This was the point of entry into the US probably on imported fruit. We examined the toe of one under a microscope. So I knew of the toe pads in 1967 but did not have the Knowledge of how Van derwald forces worked here. It all makes perfect sense. When you pry one off the glass you had to push it toward its tail and it would just fall off."
@tarun9542
@tarun9542 2 жыл бұрын
what was your previous comment?
@Neme112
@Neme112 Жыл бұрын
Huh, at least on PC, KZbin removes the part after the video ID (that includes the comment ID) when clicking the link. You have to copy the link and put it in the address bar manually.
@RegularOldDan
@RegularOldDan 2 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate this video. I've long heard about gecko tape and how it uses Van der Walls forces to "stick" but I've not yet seen a comprehensive description of its exact structure, how it is made, and how it is used. You do all of this clearly without the breathlessness and fluff that prior news spots have done. (Yet, your fascination shows and is infectious.) A cool, fun video. Thank you.
@felicitymayo4784
@felicitymayo4784 2 жыл бұрын
big big yes to the van der wall force!!!! was looking for this comment :D
@Wltrwllyngaeiou
@Wltrwllyngaeiou 2 жыл бұрын
It’s actually substantially incorrect. Gecko mimics have been created without the structure present at all. The microstructure is not needed
@bryanredd4654
@bryanredd4654 2 жыл бұрын
Great video! Thanks for creating so many quality videos over the years!
@tushargupta1968
@tushargupta1968 Жыл бұрын
You mean to say my childhood dream of climbing walls like spiderman are not just dreams?
@GeoffryGifari
@GeoffryGifari 2 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised how creative the team got when manufacturing the material/characterizing the force. I thought it would be closer to the methods of silicon etching and nanostructure growing
@Sibula
@Sibula 2 жыл бұрын
Honestly seemed a bit jury-rigged. But if it works why make it unnecessarily fancy, right?
@Z0MBUSTER
@Z0MBUSTER 2 жыл бұрын
Hey what does the gecko say? ^^ Nothing you f*ck*ng r*t*rd, it's a mf gecko !
@kensherwin4544
@kensherwin4544 2 жыл бұрын
@@Sibula Wrong question. If you want to show something off, why NOT make it unnecessarily fancy?
@si2foo
@si2foo 2 жыл бұрын
time and programming. also this is like super prototype level
@ledumpsterfire6474
@ledumpsterfire6474 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine one day in the future when they're able to properly mimic those tiny structures with something like carbon nanotubes, which I imagine would be even stronger and better than the real deal
@xt7519
@xt7519 2 жыл бұрын
Very cool video. I recall a Mythbusters episode where the team was trying to do this in a duct and how clunky and loud their attempt was using magnets. This material probably would have been much more suited to the task.
@MrBebopChamploo
@MrBebopChamploo 2 жыл бұрын
4:32 I find this visualization of human skin's relative roughness to be oddly disturbing.
@bliiblaablue
@bliiblaablue Жыл бұрын
I see this material being what holds paintings and tv's on the wall in the future, leaving no marks or holes
@zacharyohare6029
@zacharyohare6029 Жыл бұрын
Amazing. Definitely want to see some climbing- but definitely as equally interested in real commercial uses- there's definitely applications in emergency self rescue type stuff- but what about something like picking up a car or a windshield? I love the idea of conveyers/sprag type deals. This is neat stuff. even just as a tape to stick to itself in a strip- in theory it could be used to wrap things, and then be released by a brief pulsed torsional shock.
@owns9414
@owns9414 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, Derek. I do want to see you climb something using gecko socks. One question, regardless of how strong the grip is, the material it's made of has to be strong enough to with stand the weight of what it's pulling doesn't it? So what are those strips made of that can withstand the weight of a car between just 4 of them?
@remimialonmdr
@remimialonmdr 2 жыл бұрын
Les bandelettes n'ont pas à supporter le poids de la voiture mais la force de traction et elles sont plusieurs pour se partager cette force donc elles n'ont pas besoin d'être très solide.
@MrAlexlarson99
@MrAlexlarson99 2 жыл бұрын
Keep in mind the idea that the tape is “pulling” the weight of car is a little misleading. It’s not like the tape needs to hold the weight of a 3000lb sedan. All you need to do to pull a car on flat ground is to overcome the rolling resistance of the car while it is in neutral. For a 3000lbs sedan that might be something like 50-100lbs. This is an amount of force humans can easily provide hence why you’ll see people pushing their car when stuck or out of gas.
@thewhitefalcon8539
@thewhitefalcon8539 2 жыл бұрын
You mean the ones they use to pull the car with the little robots? It isn't withstanding the car's weight, just the pulling force
@Skinflaps_Meatslapper
@Skinflaps_Meatslapper 2 жыл бұрын
You could do the same thing with regular duct tape, since there's not a lot of force involved, but the op provides a valid point. If one were to use this for lifting any meaningful amount of weight, the material will need to be far stronger.
@bathbomber
@bathbomber 2 жыл бұрын
The object you climb would also need to support your weight.
@clusterstage
@clusterstage 2 жыл бұрын
You are the best at storytelling. You have a way to keep me interested in, what would otherwise be, boring topics. Sometimes, I feel like I'm even involved
@TheNick9910
@TheNick9910 Жыл бұрын
Derek DEFINITELY needs to climb a wall, I'd love to see that
@dzarren
@dzarren 2 жыл бұрын
11:12 the researchers just cringing at the Gecko tape getting dirty due to blobbing on table.
@EyesOn-Me
@EyesOn-Me 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Derek for always teaching us new things. I love your work! It helps me so much!
@kohakkanuva3224
@kohakkanuva3224 2 жыл бұрын
fun fact, some geckos held on so strong during hurricanes that their arms elongated due to the high wind speeds. This actually happened recently.
@FrozenPantiezzz
@FrozenPantiezzz 2 жыл бұрын
They weren't motivated enough
@GrugTheJust
@GrugTheJust 2 жыл бұрын
"Never skip finger day, bruh." -some geckos
@manofmen1848
@manofmen1848 2 жыл бұрын
They need to train harder.
@KhanhDinh291
@KhanhDinh291 2 жыл бұрын
That must have hurt
@kohakkanuva3224
@kohakkanuva3224 2 жыл бұрын
@@KhanhDinh291 probably. Imagine looking like the gecko version of bigfoot.
@jezeski2011
@jezeski2011 Жыл бұрын
I keep picturing Tom Cruise climbing the Burj Khalifa
@DrippyPootis
@DrippyPootis 6 ай бұрын
That would be a cool movie, probably a spy or hitman theme, but also this project is awesome.
@jezeski2011
@jezeski2011 6 ай бұрын
@@DrippyPootis It already happened in MI:4 - Ghost Protocol back in 2011
@HomemadeEcosystems
@HomemadeEcosystems 2 жыл бұрын
The best things humans have / create we steal or learn from nature! awesome stuff.
@mrpopenfresh
@mrpopenfresh 2 жыл бұрын
Veristium basically went to this lab to read the poster they made. This is a testament to how useful and how well done that poster is.
@markhutchins3643
@markhutchins3643 Жыл бұрын
Great video! My son has 4 crested geckos and it’s amazing how they stick to and climb on the glass of their enclosure. Their feet feel funny too and it’s always made us wonder how
@lancesoto8410
@lancesoto8410 Жыл бұрын
Bro you know your science that's for sure. You're incredibly entertaining to listen to. I love science but I'll be the first one to say I wish I had made it a bigger part of my life.
@jamcdonald120
@jamcdonald120 2 жыл бұрын
11:45 how is that a question? OF COURSE WE WANT TO SEE THAT!
@genshinsbizzareadventures
@genshinsbizzareadventures Жыл бұрын
It's like asking a south magnet to repel a north magnet.
@aarashnavabi4749
@aarashnavabi4749 2 жыл бұрын
I have been working on similar projects for about a year and a half now mainly to stick things to other things in the pharmaceutical industry, so that we don’t use adhesive. My solution to making the exact copy of a gecko feet is to actually use silicone to mold a negative of actual gecko feet. And then a copy and edit paste until you have a surface that is large enough that you can create a metallic mold. Because there is no solution to making something that small other than nature itself. For example, bacteria have tiny, small little hairs that we could never manufacture, but we could copy it off of a bacteria.
@Vaeldarg
@Vaeldarg 2 жыл бұрын
Scientists seem to be relatively close to developing the ability to manipulate genomes enough to custom-build cells. So maybe, in near future, can program cellular "factories" to grow useful amounts of these nanostructures instead?
@NoxmilesDe
@NoxmilesDe 2 жыл бұрын
3:13 Happy little Gecko, walking
@matthewboire6843
@matthewboire6843 Жыл бұрын
🎶 Happy little gecko. What he do? 🎶 Happy little gecko. What he do? 🎶
@JamTheGreatFishing
@JamTheGreatFishing 6 ай бұрын
You have taught me more than the entire 8 years of schooling
@earthling_parth
@earthling_parth 2 жыл бұрын
This was fascinating! Derek, you already know that we want you to make the video on the climbing glasses with gecko tape. Please, please make it ❤️
@BM0NNZY
@BM0NNZY 2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting that the gecko evolved into having those nano structures. So so fascinating
@anandsharma7430
@anandsharma7430 Жыл бұрын
What's interesting to realise is that nature does not have names for things or classification of sciences like we do. To nature, everything evolved up from atoms - whether inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, mountains, lightning, the tidal bulge, living beings or star systems. It's the same laws, applied everywhere. We just need to figure out how they work in combination to explain a given phenomenon.
@hornet-h3v
@hornet-h3v Жыл бұрын
@@anandsharma7430 One generation of lizard got born one time and realized it has crazy good traction.
@TN-es7ei
@TN-es7ei Жыл бұрын
The gecko obviously didn't evolve, it was designed and created. Ask yourself how things evolved, and don't be satisfied with the 'oh it took millions of years' answer.
@hornet-h3v
@hornet-h3v Жыл бұрын
@@TN-es7ei Either is a possibility, I'm all up for aliens doing genetic engineering. :P
@thefinnishbaconshroom
@thefinnishbaconshroom Жыл бұрын
@@TN-es7ei For all I care, if there's a god or gods, god(s) could have planned the evolution, which then would mean you're diminishing gods work, which goes against everything every religion says.
@jacksongodwin837
@jacksongodwin837 2 жыл бұрын
I recently read the book Pushing Ice and they talk about a fictitious tool “gecko flex” which they use for space walking in vacuum and also as versatile tape. Now I’m imagining all you could do with two little pads of this and a rubber band.
@Sosooxc
@Sosooxc Жыл бұрын
Imagine we can recreate gecko feet and not only mimic the ability, we don't need ladder, stair, or even a crane. People can casually climb the wall with only shoes.
@merp9308
@merp9308 2 жыл бұрын
As someone who owns two, geckos are fascinating creatures. It's amazing how engineering takes so much inspiration from nature to create innovative designs.
@pjacobsen1000
@pjacobsen1000 2 жыл бұрын
Do they sometimes give out little gecko-barks? I like the sound of that.
@samirs1000
@samirs1000 2 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most impressive inventions and best videos I've seen in a long time. Great video, thanks Derek and team
@Yupppi
@Yupppi 2 жыл бұрын
You got me standing in awe with just the fact that the non-sticky tape sticks to surfaces depending on its orientation and holds very well judging by the objects you were hanging. Absolutely mind-boggling. There has to be a caveat for wide range use, hasn't there? If not, this will be perhaps the number one future technology. In my eyes it will be one of those turning points where you can reminisce how you saw history change in your lifetime.
@meneldal
@meneldal 2 жыл бұрын
You could use multiple directions in the structure to make it strong in shear on multiple axis, but there's no way to make it strong on the normal axis, though I guess you could always combine it with suction to get the forces going in the first place.
@comicus01
@comicus01 2 жыл бұрын
Yes there's a couple of caveats: it only sticks to something smooth, not rough, just as our fingers won't stick to glass, this probably won't stick to our fingers. I was impressed that one shot showed a robot on what appeared to be a brick wall, so maybe I'm wrong? I would hop so. 2nd caveat: it's very difficult to manufacture. Which they showed. I'm wondering if it would be more practical to simply raise geckos for their feet. Not nice to geckos, but hopefully they can also find a more efficient way to manufacture this gecko tape.
@brrrrrr
@brrrrrr 2 жыл бұрын
@@comicus01 problem: hard to manufacture known information: gecko has better version solution: put gecko on the bottom of robot feet or hands as grippers
@KevinJDildonik
@KevinJDildonik 2 жыл бұрын
It's basically like a cat's tongue. Rough in one direction, not in others. For instance, climbing a building, you have to be VERY careful not to have a strong sideways force or you fall off.
@comicus01
@comicus01 2 жыл бұрын
@@brrrrrr Exactly! We use animals for all sorts of things already, is it really that much of a stretch? But mass produced gecko tape would be really cool
@lordpowell3788
@lordpowell3788 3 ай бұрын
Ok... hear me out.... we make gecko skin gloves??
@Nyrionyx
@Nyrionyx 9 күн бұрын
Hawk tuah
@impicklerick8370
@impicklerick8370 5 күн бұрын
And a mask... And little web shooters .,. Okay, let's just make a spidy suit 🧍
@TheGin28
@TheGin28 2 жыл бұрын
POV : when uncle ben makes Spider-Man suit
@brokenice420
@brokenice420 2 жыл бұрын
10:09 “PrOduce”
@SFzip
@SFzip 2 жыл бұрын
Replicating nature is hard, but when you succeed, it’s nothing less than magical.
@scuzyprod.1611
@scuzyprod.1611 Жыл бұрын
one of the most mind blowing episodes i've seen on this channel
@Shinbu1128
@Shinbu1128 2 жыл бұрын
I remember reading about the early stages of this research in a magazine at school when I was a kid. Awesome to see how far it's come!
@chatzzz9063
@chatzzz9063 Жыл бұрын
Damn. You are the type of channel that inspires me to research nature ( Im studying biotechnology, due to the wonders of nature, which I often learn from these type of channels )
@bencheevers6693
@bencheevers6693 2 жыл бұрын
Ben from Applied Science did a video on this kind of stuff but he couldn't make it that well, I'd love to see the process to make this and if it's possible to do in a workshop. That would be an awesome project.
@dragnow_236
@dragnow_236 2 жыл бұрын
I second this. I personally would love to play around with this material
@ABaumstumpf
@ABaumstumpf 2 жыл бұрын
But Ben also tried something way harder with making it not straight ridges that only work in 1 direction but individual strands.
@bencheevers6693
@bencheevers6693 2 жыл бұрын
@@ABaumstumpf Yeah absolutely, I thought this video was them cracking the code, it was a little funny to hear this guy say that you can't make what geckos actually have which is absolutely true and that's the same problem Ben from AP ran into
@highmarkrich
@highmarkrich Жыл бұрын
Pulling the car is a neat visual but mostly a gimmick. It's heavy but doesn't resist rolling very much. This is some awesome material though.
@FailsWork
@FailsWork 2 жыл бұрын
The fact that it only took six of those tiny robots to pull a car is kind of insane
@krishankantverma4244
@krishankantverma4244 2 жыл бұрын
I always had the concept of something being sticky to attach or pull something but your video explaining something getting attached due to forces at atomic level mesmerizes me and makes me way more curious. Thank you for putting out such great concepts with such lucid explanations.
@pewpew2113
@pewpew2113 2 жыл бұрын
Now that I see this, it would be really effective in drag strip racing! All that grip would mean the tires can be smaller, or the engine can make more power and negate any wheel spin. I think it would be really cool if this tech is implemented in that way
@avihs92
@avihs92 Жыл бұрын
I find it ironic that some people believe we are living in a simulation, when even in 2023 we are struggling to accurately simulate some of the seemingly most natural or overlooked concepts.
@maxdejong4203
@maxdejong4203 2 жыл бұрын
I can see a lot of applications for this stuff. Mountain climbers would love this when you’re just starting, builders would find this useful when trying to set up a safety line, heck I can even envisioning spec ops use these as well. Not only that, think of all the possibilities for that stuff.
@imjody
@imjody 2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow! MASSIVE thanks to Prof. Mark Cutkosky & you, Veritasium! This is honestly epic stuff. Love what we can (and have) learn(ed) from nature and other living creatures! :)
@davidfaiheng
@davidfaiheng 2 жыл бұрын
I never thought you need a smooth flat surface to make things stick. Incredible.
@alessiaagazzi8605
@alessiaagazzi8605 2 жыл бұрын
It's kind of the opposite principle behind self cleaning windows. They're very bumpy so that water won't stick as it would if they were smooth. Those were based on lily pads
@MindWorld
@MindWorld Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the video! 👍 Really enjoyed the content and footage! Enjoyed it))
@spencerpittman9183
@spencerpittman9183 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Veritasium, For the purpose of accuracy, the gecko in your demonstration @3:14 is a leopard gecko. This is one of the few geckos which uses claws instead of grippy pads and cannot climb on glasslike surfaces. A better model would have been a crested gecko. -my gecko obsessed partner.
@qwerty_and_azerty
@qwerty_and_azerty 2 жыл бұрын
Veritasium’s robotics videos are always my favorite ❤️
@randomthings9520
@randomthings9520 2 жыл бұрын
This is really cool, I remember about 5 years ago I was touring UMass Amherst where they have a Geckskin lab. They used kevlar or carbon fiber backing with polyurethane or PDMS as the polymer for gripping the surface. It was super cool to see in action and I didn't know other universities were doing similar things
@nahometesfay1112
@nahometesfay1112 2 жыл бұрын
I've also heard about Geckskin, but I don't understand how it works. Do you have any insight into how Geckskin is made, designed, or used?
@marine-001
@marine-001 3 ай бұрын
The professor's expressing his inability to mimic gecko's sophisticated sticky paws goes to show how wonderful the nature is
@alexrogers777
@alexrogers777 2 жыл бұрын
what actually makes this a van der waals interaction? Because the graphic at 8:19 makes it look like this could be working just because of simple friction or even suction.
@troy840
@troy840 2 жыл бұрын
Veritasium is one of the best science channel on KZbin at all we need more channels like that!
@seanhoude
@seanhoude 2 жыл бұрын
Similar to how Velcro hook & loop has great sheer strength, while being easy to peal off. It's always amazing to see how nature found the most efficient way to accomplish these tasks.
@junebug6795
@junebug6795 Жыл бұрын
The applications for this in the trad climbing community could be great. In trad climbing, gear is placed in cracks and faults in the rock to catch a potential fall, but this isn't really possible currently on flatter surfaces with less cracks for gear placement. With this it could be possible to place gear on a flat surface, let it sit there while the climber climbs, and catch their fall if they do. It would completely open up a whole world of harder trad climbs that haven't been possible due to lack of gear placements for protection.
@Trulsbk
@Trulsbk 2 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing that so many genius innovations can be found in nature. No wonder nature does it best when it has had a million year head-start
@Toahmisae
@Toahmisae 2 жыл бұрын
More like a billion year head start
@thenatron6136
@thenatron6136 2 жыл бұрын
@@12xenn45 3.5 billions
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