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ENTERTAINMENT Chicago: Scientists have long admired the gecko lizard for its gravity-defying feet. Now US Click to see page in PDF TELEVISION researchers have made a waterproof bandage inspired by the sticky surface of a gecko’s paws.

YOU The finding, published on Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of

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CHAI TIME “What we did was to mimic what the gecko does,” said Robert Langer, a professor at Other Stories Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who invented a biorubber material for the bandage. Page 1 of 14 FOOD A BEAUTIFUL GAME LEISURE Langer, along with colleague Jeff Karp of Harvard Medical School, used computer technology to sculpt extremely tiny Monday, June 09, 2008 COMMUNITIES hills and valleys on the surface of the bandage to grip the And the Euro Cup ’08 goes to… Style underlying tissue, thus improving its adhesion. Portugal!

Monday, June 09, 2008 Sunday Read While different teams have created gecko-inspired glues that could be used in dry environments, the bandage would Something’s really fishy Property be suitable for use in wet environments, such as in heart, Sunday, June 08, 2008 http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article§id=7&contentid=2008022020080220020219339c979bdc7 (1 of 3) [6/9/2008 1:20:32 PM] Mumbai News - Mumbai Mirror Online - Gecko feet inspire waterproof bandage, TECH, Mumbai Ne...s, radio, fm, WN Network Bombay, news archive India Maharashtra Hindu Indian Mumbai Bombay

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“There is a big need for a tape-based medical adhesive,” Sunday, June 08, 2008 Karp said. Now ‘super-paper’ that’s stronger

than cast iron He said such adhesives must stick well when wet without causing undue inflammation or toxic Sunday, June 08, 2008 effects. They also must be flexible. Reproduction! To make it sticky on wet surfaces, Langer and Karp added a thin layer of a sugar-based glue to Saturday, June 07, 2008 the tape. In tests, the glue was twice as strong as adhesives with no pattern. Talking teddy bear robot to guide

Langer said the bandage could be used to prevent leaks in gastric bypass surgeries or to motorists augment sutures. Saturday, June 07, 2008 Soon, talking cars will protect each “You could also put drugs in these and use them as drug or cell-delivery mechanisms,” he said. other from theft Saturday, June 07, 2008

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