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- davidv, on 10/12/2007, -1/+49"There are obvious applications since this adhesive works on wet surfaces..."
"...But making it has proved challenging. Like a mess of chewing gum, the gunk globs to everything, including the tools used to create it."
"We tried washing the glue off," Brun said. "It didn't work."
Golden ^^ - gandre, on 10/12/2007, -0/+47In other news, glue companies sue nature for patent infringement!
- destryallrobots, on 10/12/2007, -1/+29Odd. They say its comprised of sugar molecules, which implies its sweet... but as far as what it tastes like, nobody's talking. Oh, wait... I get it. Poor, poor devils.
- Charlotte_Web, on 10/12/2007, -2/+29The real trick is going to be to get it into a wrist web shooter.
- boxomojo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+26"There goes your sex life"
exactly the kind of response one might expect from someone named "stickyfingers".. - JeffreyAtW, on 10/12/2007, -4/+18Whoa, cool, Nature! Unfortunately I don't think there are any of those around here. Where can I find the closest Nature? I can't find its website for the store locator.
- MOJIRA, on 05/17/2008, -0/+13"They do make glue out of horses, I have no idea how they do it... or who even saw that potential. That's a brainstorm in my book. What are you, working in a stationary store, you see a horse walk by the window..."
"wait a minute !!! I think he... could be glue !"
"are you sure ?"
"I'm positive !"
"how do we pick out the really sticky ones ?"
"you leave that to me"
"what about that one over there, he's weaving around, he looks like he's outta his mind"
"he'll be Crazy-glue"
- Jerry Seinfeld - ccanni1028, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13I can think of a few people I'd like to convince that this stuff is chapstick and get them to try it. It would make things a lot more peaceful around here.
- stickyfingers, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10There goes your sex life
- burke, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Haha, I was so sure this was going to be an ad for Gorilla Glue.
- khayman80, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10It's not just you. They're clearly describing PRESSURE, not FORCE.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Nature beat us to that one too... you can read up on how geckos stick to walls and ceilings with enough force to hold a 6-year old (though it'd be a sad end for the gecko)... Wired Mag. covered it once.
- scaaven2, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10"The adhesive can withstand an enormous amount of stress, equal to the force felt by a quarter with more than three cars piled on top of it."
Is it just me or does that sound retarded. - MellerTime, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7What is this 'Nature' you speak of? I have not seen any reviews of it on Tom's hardware...
- kewldude606, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Or in the case of a female:
I glued my ____ shut and now piss is coming out my mouth.
Wait. That would work for a guy too. - JasonPrini, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I thought van der Waals forces would be a better approach? Nano velcro if you will...
- ccanni1028, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5step 1: get FireFox.
step 2: get the Adblock extension
step 3: enjoy reading the article and surfing the rest of the internet without 3/4 of the ads - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Man that title is dodgy...
- MadOgre, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Gorilla Glue = Chuck Norris.
- xoineg, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5i wonder what would happen if you glue your fingers together...
- MephistoX, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5brilliant, but im sure the darwin awards people would quickly be over their heads with paperwork
"I wanted to have sex all the time without having to resort to birth control... so i glued a condom on." - 42kami, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Some more important questions: how much does it weigh, and how does it hold up to heat? Super-strong glue can have many surprising uses, e.g. instead of wielding, the Lotus Elise uses glue to hold together its 25 lb. (!) aluminum chassis. If this glue is 3X-10X stronger than the glue used on the Elise, instead of aluminum, you could hold together steel.
- dexim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@ rthille
the 35PSI in the tire is the amount of outward pressure the compressed air in the tier is exerting on the tire itself, not the amount of pressure the vehicle exerts on the ground.
To prove my point, 35 pounds is pretty light, you should be able to lift it with little effort, go try to pick up a car. - TheSoupNazi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4this newly found glue + annoying roomate's toilet = Best Prank of 2006
- Snay, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Ever seen American Pie, where jim glues himself to ... himself
- sremick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Firefox isn't allowed? That's dumb. I'm the IT admin at my company and we don't allow IE use unless absolutely necessary. Employees are supposed to use FF for all their browsing otherwise. This policy is because we got tired of cleaning PCs from spyware, adware, and other crap all the time. So it's a lot easier to retrain users on a new browser. Most are hooked anyway once you show them tabs. Plus they like that FF feels faster than IE.
- bloqmon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3It is both, depending on how you read it. The force part comes from mass * gravity while the pressure part comes from force / area. I think saying "a quarter" is the confusing part.
- ajake, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3adblock+ with filterset.g ate 7 of those ads without manual tweaking, you should try it (with firefox)
- cleverboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Probably worst than the tongue on the cold pole incident in that perrenial Christmas movie ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085334 ). Having glue that excels at gluing moist surfaces together sounds like a development with truly evil implications for practical jokers everywhere. Imagine someone exchanging it for your favorite bottle of shampoo or bubble bath. --Wait a second, didn't they already have something like this in Police Academy??
- Izzie, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I'd like to know how does this compare to the gecko "intermolecular force" carbon nanotube tape?
http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?article_id=218392449&cat=3_5
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2953852.stm
http://www.howstuffworks.com/news-item21.htm - Saint3k, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Good, old fashioned, horse glue.
- Jolene, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Lol, that gave me a good laugh.
I wonder though, maybe if they exposed it to heat? Maybe it would dry out and crack, or melt off... Hmm.... - dashjackson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1gator99, you owe me half a bottle of Dasani.
- infinityplus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@dilg
Look up IE Tab on the Mozilla Extensions page. You can have IE run *inside* of Firefox. Unfortunately, there's no Adblock for IE, so you're going to get ads on your IE pages. But, I use Firefox exclusively now and setup IE Tab to open IE tabs for intranet sites which require IE.
"Thanks both! I'll check into Adblock for my home machine. At work I have to use IE to support my intranet applications and FF isn't allowed."
PS I didn't see a reply link to dilg so that's why I replied to the original article. I just now noticed the reply links on the top level posts... Please don't flame! - Rggoalie3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@osbjmg: I believe that was soccer boy was trying to say is that he finds it funny that the scientists tried to "wash off" a water resistant glue instead of using a solvent of some type. After the whole reason they are after it is because it's so resistant to water...then they try to simply "wash it off"?
- theschitzobob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"The adhesive can withstand an enormous amount of stress, equal to the force felt by a quarter with more than three cars piled on top of it."
Personally, I think they've taken real-world metrics a bit too far with this. It's fine to put the strength into terms an average person can readily understand, but I'd like to also see a real number for it.
For any other engineers or just crazy people who might be interested, I work that out to at least 12,000 psi. Was that too hard for them to type? - DrRo183, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Lol, wouldn't want that thing anywhere around me....really.
o.O - WayneMan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1One might even say that this is a sticky subject...
- gator99, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2When I was a teenager, I discovered a similar natural adhesive that irreversibly glued together the pages of Playboy magazine.
- holymoo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I hate to break it to you, but van der waals forces aren't that strong.
- hevnsnt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Haha me too
- dilg, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2I felt claustrophobic trying to read the "article" inside all those ads.
- WayneMan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Perhaps that's the ultimate source...bacteria porn.
- sentai, on 09/06/2008, -0/+0http://www.ge2.info Good article, enjoy reading it
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah, it's retarted for a so called science publication. They are describing pressure. When you talk about glue, you ought to talk about shear stress and strain : http://physics.uwstout.edu/statstr/Statics/Stress/strs34.htm
- dilg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Thanks both! I'll check into Adblock for my home machine. At work I have to use IE to support my intranet applications and FF isn't allowed.
- FluffyArmada, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Hmm... American Pie flashbacks. :-P
- osbjmg, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3@SoccerHooligan - It appears you read the article, but comprehension is also required to comment on it. "The single-celled bacterium uses sugar molecules to stay put in rivers, streams, and water pipes". This is where the statement came from, this is how they know it works on wet surfaces, this is why it is not false.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Does anyone know if/ when it's available? I feel like doing the classic glue to chair on one of my friends.
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