The Anatomy? of Climbing Gloves. - by addone
ZylonBane on 7/4/2007 at 02:42
They're made from the tears of developers who couldn't figure out how to get rope arrows to work.
Dia on 7/4/2007 at 02:52
ZB wins.
ganac on 7/4/2007 at 23:36
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Shoshin beat you to it, ganac.
SH*T! I should really read these things first!
Pitch on 8/4/2007 at 11:38
Quote Posted by addone
theories on how the climbing gloves work?
Here's a part of Wiki's article on (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko) gecko:
Quote:
The toes of the gecko have attracted a lot of attention, as they adhere to a wide variety of surfaces, without the use of liquids or surface tension. Recent studies of the spatula tipped setae on gecko footpads demonstrates that the attractive forces that hold geckos to surfaces are van der Waals interactions between the finely divided setae (almost 500,000 Setae on each foot, and each of these tipped with between 100 and 1,000 spatulae) and the surfaces themselves. These kinds of interactions involve no fluids; in theory, a boot made of synthetic setae would adhere as easily to the surface of the International Space Station as it would to a living room wall. Geckos' toes are extremely double jointed, allowing them to overcome the van der Waals force by peeling their toes off surfaces from the tips inward. In essence, this peeling action alters the angle of incidence between millions of individual setae and the surface, reducing the van der Waals force. Amazingly, Geckos' toes operate well below their full attractive capabilities for most of the time. This is because there is a huge margin for error depending upon the roughness of the surface, and therefore the number of spatulae in contact with that surface. If a gecko had every one of its spatulae in contact with a surface, it would be capable of holding aloft a 120 kg man.
So, at least in theory, it could be possible to make similar gloves.
cradle_curdled on 8/4/2007 at 14:49
Quote Posted by Pitch
So, at least in theory, it could be possible to make similar gloves.
OK, so the
boot/glove would stick fine. And as long as Garrett has the physiology of a lizard, and toes/fingers that are "extremely double-jointed", he's laughing.
Damn, so close! :D
fett on 8/4/2007 at 21:20
Quote Posted by imperialreign
IMO, I'd have to dismiss the spikes, or tiny hooks or anything like that; simply because you'd be able to climb wood, also (which you can't do)
That's only because ISA suxors.
Pitch on 8/4/2007 at 22:26
Quote Posted by cradle_curdled
OK, so the
boot/glove would stick fine. And as long as Garrett has the physiology of a lizard, and toes/fingers that are "extremely double-jointed", he's laughing.
Damn, so close! :D
Good point. Even if the gloves themselves were possible, they could be completely impractical.
Oh well, back to the drawing board.
addone on 8/4/2007 at 22:56
What I don't get... how in the medieval times?
Jeshibu on 9/4/2007 at 01:11
Yeah, how did they get magic and steam-powered machinery in the middle ages? ;)
SJamieson on 9/4/2007 at 06:25
Quote Posted by imperialreign
IMO, I'd have to dismiss the spikes, or tiny hooks or anything like that; simply because you'd be able to climb wood, also (which you can't do)
If you follow pitch's idea of Gecko Skin with millions of little spike/hooks, then wood could be too porus to catch onto.
Of course Garretts world has plenty of strange creatures such as Burricks, perhaps there is some creature which is larger but can run on walls and ceilings with this type of skin.
