Carbon nanotubes made to stick like a gecko's foot
From: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-08/nsf-cnm081505.php
Now, polymer scientist Ali Dhinojwala of the University of Akron and his colleagues have shown how to create a densely packed carpet of carbon nanotubes that functions like an artificial gecko foot--but with 200 times the gecko foot's gripping power.