Further, as in
natural gecko feet, the skin is woven into a synthetic «tendon,» yielding a design that plays a key role in maintaining stiffness and rotational freedom, the researchers explain.
Lead author Jeffrey Karp, a researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital, has a habit of looking to the
natural world for adhesive ideas, such as gravity - defying
gecko feet or grasping porcupine needles.