Sentences with phrase «adhesive pads»

«Adhesive pads of climbing animals are a prime example of convergent evolution — where multiple species have independently, through very different evolutionary histories, arrived at the same solution to a problem.

Members of the research team held the device with adhesive pads during the test, but the eventual idea is to integrate the grippers into a robotic arm or leg.

Anne Peattie, a biologist at the University of California at Berkeley, responds: In addition to tiny claws, flies have specialized adhesive pads on their feet called pulvilli.

Dr David Labonte and his colleagues in the University of Cambridge's Department of Zoology found that tiny mites use approximately 200 times less of their total body area for adhesive pads than geckos, nature's largest adhesion - based climbers.

Scientists estimate that a human would need adhesive pads covering 40 % of their body surface in order to walk up a wall like Spiderman, and believe their insights have implications for the feasibility of large - scale, gecko - like adhesives.

The team's materials scientists constructed a model gecko system using a synthetic adhesive pad and tendon, or mechanical spring, and ran experiments to simulate the dynamic motion of climbing.

WALL WALKER Stanford researcher Elliot W. Hawkes, at 70 kilograms, scales a 3.6 - meter - high glass wall with gecko - inspired adhesive pads rigged with special stretchy tendons.

Fancy adhesive pads and high - tech gels can work, but they're expensive.

Slim Diet Patch is basically adhesive pad that has active ingredients that aid in weight loss *.

The hooks are mounted with adhesive pads which are easy to install on any clean vertical surface such as a cupboard or wall.

I oped for an even more low - effort fix, and used the self - adhesive pad August provides to position it.

Version B Cylinder with less than 3 mm overhang on the inside of the door: The Smart Lock is glued to your door with special adhesive pads.

The charger base itself isn't all that heavy, so depending on the surface you're placing it on, you may want to consider using the peel - and - stick adhesive pads on the bottom of the VU SOLO.

Blume later revised her original book, swapping the dated sanitary belt for adhesive pads, but the questions and experience of growing up remain unaltered and just as relevant to today's readers.

Alternatively you can simply drape over surfaces or attach garland hooks with adhesive pads that won't damage paintwork.

The device About the size and shape of a quarter, but twice as thick, Stick - N - Finds clings to remote controls, key chains, wallets, pets and anything else you might lose, by way of an adhesive pad.

A device costs $ 149, although users will need to replace the adhesive pads every few weeks.

No tools are needed as you simply use the adhesive pads included to secure the lock in place.

Although researchers can not make a perfect replica of the gecko foot, they have put «hair» structures on the adhesive pads of the grippers.

To get the gripper to stick to a surface, force is applied to the adhesive pad material in a manner that makes the hairs bend.

They are not very curved like bra cups are, so I think they should fit a range of bra sizes just fine since the adhesive pads are just applied around the nipple area.

Besides the aforementioned Playskool mouse and keyboard, Gateway throws in a variety of accessories meant to work with Windows 7 Media Center, including a cheap but useable remote, a cable to convert the mini coaxial connector on the back to standard size, and a miniature pair of bunny ears for sticking up somewhere around the computer (a suction cup and adhesive pad are both included for mounting).

There's a hold for wall - mounting on the back, but I'd like to have seen a self - adhesive pad or sticky Velcro in the box to give another, tool - free option.