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One from the Don't-do-this-at-home department. It's a Spiderman-meets-houshold-appliance experiment...
The engineer Jem Stansfield uses homemade "vacuum-gloves", apparently made from everyday vacuum cleaners, to climb the sheer, smooth side of the BBC's White City building.
He is on a harness but it is impressive nonetheless. It's actually a 'viral' video promoting a forthcoming BBC science series Bang Goes the Theory, which means we don't have any more details. They're keeping us hanging on those vacuum gloves...
Check out the video:
[Via Gizmodo]
The engineer Jem Stansfield uses homemade "vacuum-gloves", apparently made from everyday vacuum cleaners, to climb the sheer, smooth side of the BBC's White City building.
He is on a harness but it is impressive nonetheless. It's actually a 'viral' video promoting a forthcoming BBC science series Bang Goes the Theory, which means we don't have any more details. They're keeping us hanging on those vacuum gloves...
Check out the video:
[Via Gizmodo]
Comments (1)
Blimey, now there's a guy that sucks. Never mind Spiderman, ladies and gentlemen it's "Hooverdude".
I always wondered if that would work, now where's my Dyson?
Posted by Doc GlowGadgets | August 10, 2009 12:53 PM
Posted on August 10, 2009 12:53