Smart Tape Like Gecko Feet

Inspired by the gecko feet, University of California, Berkeley have created a new kind of tape.
Conventional adhesive tape sticks when pressed on a surface. A new gecko-inspired synthetic adhesive (GSA) does not stick when it is pressed into a surface, but instead sticks when it slides on the surface. A similar directional adhesion effect allows [...]

Walking on Water for Beginners

The above video shows a spanish show where the hosts show how to walk on water..
Easy does it… Just add some maizena (cornstarch)
CarlosCardoso, Actueel

The Phone Book Myth

These two dutch science students Tim and Steven prove the myth that it is impossible to part two intertwined phone books. They will soon be off to San Francisco to meet Adam and Jamie at Mythbusters HQ. The new myth they would like to crack there is from The Fly (1986): [...]