Stanford’s ‘Gecko Glove’ makes Spider-Man climbing possible
By being “clever about how you distribute weight,” Hawkes shows that yes, a human being can climb a glass wall. The Stanford design uses a process that spreads weight evenly across the entire patch, making it efficient enough for a person to cling to a glass wall. There are 24 adhesive tiles on each pad, each covered in tiny sawtooth-shaped nanofibers (check them out working on Stanford’s gecko-inspired StickyBot...
Stanford’s ‘Gecko Glove’ makes Spider-Man climbing possible
By being “clever about how you distribute weight,” Hawkes shows that yes, a human being can climb a glass wall. The Stanford design uses a process that spreads weight evenly across the entire patch, making it efficient enough for a person to cling to a glass wall. There are 24 adhesive tiles on each pad, each covered in tiny sawtooth-shaped nanofibers (check them out working on Stanford’s gecko-inspired StickyBot...
Apple Reports Record Fourth Quarter Results
CUPERTINO, California — October 27, 2015 — Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2015 fourth quarter ended September 26, 2015. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $51.5 billion and quarterly net profit of $11.1 billion, or $1.96 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $42.1 billion and net profit of $8.5 billion, or $1.42 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 39.9 percent...
Smartphone makers shipped a record 1.4 billion devices in 2015
Samsung, however, continues to thrive and lead the pack. It shipped 81.3 million units worldwide in the fourth quarter, up nine percent (its highest within the past two years) from Q4 2014. Apple, on the other hand, isn’t doing too hot. It still shipped 74.8 million iPhones in Q4, but that’s barely higher than the 74.5 million devices it sent out in 2014. Strategy Analytics says “Apple’s iPhone growth is...
Smartphone makers shipped a record 1.4 billion devices in 2015
Samsung, however, continues to thrive and lead the pack. It shipped 81.3 million units worldwide in the fourth quarter, up nine percent (its highest within the past two years) from Q4 2014. Apple, on the other hand, isn’t doing too hot. It still shipped 74.8 million iPhones in Q4, but that’s barely higher than the 74.5 million devices it sent out in 2014. Strategy Analytics says “Apple’s iPhone growth is...
