Gecko-Inspired Adhesive Tape

Ever wonder how geckos can stick to any surface upside down or even sideways?  The answer to that is easy, it because they are sticky. This is true but there is a lot of science behind it, geckos and others like them have thousands of little hairs on their feet and their legs called Satea and at each end of the hairs there are little suction like flat surfaces called spatula. 

Scientists in Germany have mimicked the geckos ability to stick to walls using a re-usable adhesive tape. This tape is  so strong that a 20x 20 cm square of it is able to support a adults weight. Unlike other tapes this tape is re-usable meaning that you can just rip it off and reuse it and amazingly enough it doesn't leave any marks behind. What surprised me the most is that this tape can be used underwater.

Even though scientist have known the secret behind sticking to suraces finding the material that can meet this challenge has been a challenge. The biggest difficulty for the scientists were creating little hairs like the ones the geckos have that is able to stick and hold to ANY surface.

The only drawback from releasing this monster tape to shops is first it is still in experimenting stages and the scientist may not be able to find a suitable price. But if it does come out i sure would be the first to buy!

http://www.dogonews.com/2011/11/10/gecko-inspired-adhesive-tape-can-hold-up-and-adult-and-be-re-used

Goals For 2ND Quarter!

My goals for this quarter is to pick up my grades.

 Academic Goal:ALast year I got a 5/7, for me that isn't good enough. I'm going to work extra hard this year, on my labs, tests and just understanding science in general. The reason I want to pick up my grades is to make myself proud but also my parents, and of course if i pick up my grades i get a bonus from my parents.

Personal goal: My goal this quarter is to get lots and lots of orders from people for my bakery. Im going to try and succeed by advertising, marketing and sampling.

So all in all my goals for this quarter are academically improving my grades in science class, by working 10 times harder than before and my personal goal is to upgrade my baking business. 

Syrian Strong Man Pulls Train With Pure Muscle Power

A Syrian strong man has done the impossible. Adnan Ismail Al-awad has pulled a 2,500 kilogram train and 800 feet, amazingly he has pulled this massive train with his raw power while what he believes that the train tracks where at their incline!  If the train tracks were at a incline i would think it would be much harder, 4 times harder which would come to a conclusion that he pulled a 100,000 kg train, this didn't happen but never the less still a amazement. This incredible stunt was pulled of at the Kadam train station in Damascus with hundreds of people at the scene with their mouth wide open with amazement, at least that would be my reaction. I think that this was a event that is just amazing, I certainly think it would hurt with all that pressure on your back and shoulders. When i ride home and my pack pack has a few books in it, it already hurts, now multiply the weight of my back pack times 100 or even more and that will be about how much it would hurt. Here is the video I saw. I have to say his yelling is a bit unneeded and well just weird.

http://www.dogonews.com/2011/10/25/video-of-the-week-syrian-strongman-pulls-train-with-muscle-power