spiderman's fingers
A team of Italian scientists says their latest nanotech discovery is the secret to the wall-scaling Spiderman suit.From Wired Science - Wired Blogs
Yet more proof that nanotech and biotech are going to make the future really weird.
This leads me to the question I first posed when watching Spiderman the movie. If Spiderman can climb walls because of his spider-like hairs on his fingers and toes; why does he wear gloves and boots? And why don't people notice that when shaking Peter Parker's hands?