Winners of Military Design Comp Can Scale Walls Using a Vacuum Cleaner
Utah State University has just released video footage of their award-winning entry for the Air Force Research Laboratory Design Challenge, which took place earlier this year. A group of engineering students calling themselves the Ascending Aggies won first prize with their wearable wall-scaling device.
The prerequisites for the device were a) it has to assist soldiers in scaling tall walls, without a grappling hook and b) it has to produce a noise that will drive my dog crazy, even in video playback. The Aggies thus created the Personal Vacuum Assisted Climber,...
Published By: Industrial Design - Friday, 15 June, 2012
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