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He's Climbin' In Your Windows: College Students Demonstrate Vacuum-Powered Wall Climbing Gloves

June 12, 2012 in climbing things, cool, go go go!, i swear i saw a guy wearing these outside my window a week or two ago, just catapult me over the wall like the did in the olden days, magic, nobody's sneaking in my windows (I booby-trapped them with fly-paper and tacks!), now make them quieter and we'll talk, vacuum, walls, whee!

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This is a video of Utah State University's 'Ascending Aggies' demonstrating the latest incarnation of their vacuum-powered wall-climbing gloves. As you'll see from watching, they work pretty damn well. Plus are near silent. Kidding, they sound like a jet taking off on an aircraft carrier. So much for stealth. "BWAHAHAHAHAHA!" Jesus -- go easy on them Spiderman, they're just college students.

Hit the jump for two videos from different angles of a student scaling a brick wall with the things.

Thanks to Bradley B, who climbs walls the old fashioned way: with a grappling hook like a ninja.

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There are Comments

  • why was he wearing an Air Force uniform?

  • XanderP

    I walk past this building daily on my way to Fine ArtsCenter. These guys are always doing wizard like shit in the garage.

  • BillGatesIsYourDaddy

    Anakin??

  • Yarn! nothing new here, BBC's Bang goes the theory did this years ago using a couple of Tesco vacuums, heres the link... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

  • Booyah Boy

    nigga got dat suktion

  • This in my opinion is the stealthiest way to scale a building.

  • Shaun9lives

    Like a ninja! A very loud, slow ninja.

  • Ed

    This will surely help him steal panties and beer.

  • Michael Knight

    ah, the future. where people won't use stairs or ladders to ascend tall flat surfaces.

  • Batman, what are you doing out there, and where's your bat-rope??

  • They are coming to get you! Eventually...

  • Hide your kids, hide your wife.

  • AnnGMorrone
  • BillGatesIsYourDaddy

    let's see that fucktard Dyson do this.

  • Utah State University. Nothing to do with Texas A&M University.

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