Tarantulas shoot silk from "spigots" in their feet to climb slippery surfaces, a new study says.
"Silver dollars" extremely thin particle, slippery surface, high density, strong coverage and similar to metallic effect.
Yet how these hairy crawlers negotiate steep, slippery surfaces has been a tangled web for arachnologists.
"Teflon is a tough, waxy, nonflammable organic compound with a slippery surface, attacked by very few chemicals and stable over a wide temperature range."
When driving on slippery surfaces, the four-wheel drive system can automatically transfer up to 100 percent of torque to the front wheels when additional traction and stability is required.
At higher speeds on slippery surfaces with no burn, keeping your pedals parallel would be unstable and your tires will want to slide-out.
Wheels won't bite on a slippery surface.
The Purdue team plans to do this next, making sure to create a slippery surface that will stop the nanoparticles from sticking to living cells as they move through the channels.
But li looked like a veteran on the slippery surface, chasing down Schiavone's array of shots and firing precision two-handed backhands to the inside edges of all the lines.
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