When they do their job properly, suction cups are great. Extra storage in the shower? Don’t mind if I do. But sometimes, suction cups lose their ability to stick to the wall. Try as you might to get ...

Wall-climbing robots that scale the sides of high-rise buildings and clean the glass aren't new. Neither are the Spider-Man-like robots that drive around industrial environments and inspect boiler ...

How do you get a robot to inspect a tank with high vertical walls? If the walls are made of certain kinds of metal, you just stick a magnet on it. But many large tanks utilized in the food & beverage ...

While there already are powered suction-cup devices that allow people or robots to climb walls, they only work on smooth surfaces. Chinese scientists, however, have now developed a system that sticks ...

Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE by Kurt Schlosser on Apr 26, 2017 at 3:07 pm April 26, 2017 at 3:07 pm ...

There's no shortage of cable management options, but often times you need to employ a few different options in order to keep yours neat, tidy, and accessible. When you want to add flexibility and ...

A new robotic suction cup which can grasp rough, curved and heavy stone, has been developed by scientists. A new robotic suction cup which can grasp rough, curved and heavy stone, has been developed ...

If there's one place that always seems to lack storage, it's the shower. One of the many popular shower storage ideas that keep your products within grabbing distance is suction cup shower shelves.

A team of engineers from Utah State University has invented a device to climb walls a little like Spider-Man. The PVAC, short for personal vacuum assisted climber, consists of two hand-held paddles ...