Re: Nanotubes for Skeletal Reinforcement?


On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 02:18:00 -0000
"Bob Larson" <boblarson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Could a person with these enhancements outperform Spider-Man? According to
> http://www.answers.com/topic/spiderman, Spider-Man has the ability to lift
> ten tons,

Doubtful the pressure damage to soft tissues would be hard to
prevent and rather severe.

> jump the width of a city block or five stories straight up.

Pressure damage to soft tissues (on landing at least) pretty much
rules this out too.

> He also has the ability to swing from webs shot from his wrists

There is a little problem with the raw material for the web - it
has to come from somewhere and unless it is reeled in again it will run
out. But humans can swing from ropes held by nothing more than friction
so given a suitable supply of web material internally this should be
feasible (making it fast enough may be a problem though).

> and to climb up walls using tiny hairs.

This seems feasible too - humans without skeletal enhancement can
climb pretty well adding suitably grippy cilia should'nt be too hard.

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