How Sticky is Your Gecko?
Beckman Auditorium
- Public Event
This episode of Weird Connections reveals how geckos will soon save lives. These sticky lizards are among the best climbers in the natural world. And they could be the key to everyday heroes one day climbing like Spiderman. (From the series Weird Connections – MMVIII Discovery Communications)
Justin Rolando, a graduate student in Chemisty and Chemical Engineering at Caltech, will introduce the film and guide the post-screening discussion.
Presented by: Caltech Committee on Institute Programs
For more information, please phone (626) 395-4652 or email [email protected].
$10 (general admission)
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See how geckos inspired a new NASA technology that makes things stick to each other in space. Potential future applications might be to grab satellites to service them or to salvage space garbage to try to clear it out of the way. [Read the JPL News story]
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
