Octopuses have more than 2,000 suckers on eight arms, and each one is controlled individually, making these critters incredibly dextrous. So when a team of researchers wondered how to design a glove ...

Us humans aren't so good at grasping things underwater, but new research reveals how nature could lend us a helping hand. Scientists have developed a glove specifically for these purposes that takes ...

In the Academy Award-winning documentary “My Octopus Teacher,” a South African man named Craig Foster befriends a wild octopus while diving and exploring the nearby ocean. Among many other marvels, he ...

Gripping demonstration: researchers test the Octa-glove in the lab of Michael Bartlett. (Courtesy: Alex Parrish/Virginia Tech) Inspired by the way the skin on octopus arms works, researchers at ...

In the 2009 monster film Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus (now streaming on Peacock!) scientists encounter the titular giant animals when they are accidentally released from their frozen prison inside ...

Have you ever lost your grip on something that you've dropped into the swimming pool, or worse, toilet? Scientists may have developed a solution to holding onto underwater objects, but it is not ...

A new high-tech glove totally sucks — and that’s a good thing. Each fingertip is outfitted with a sucker inspired by those on octopus arms. These suckers allow people to grab slippery, underwater ...

A team of researchers led by Virginia Tech's Michael Bartlett have developed an octopus-inspired glove capable of securely gripping objects underwater. Their research was selected for the July 13 ...

Underwater, an octopus has an advantage when it comes to grabbing objects. Despite the watery environment, they can hold onto surfaces with ease and a surprisingly strong amount of force. This is made ...

The Octa-glove pairs suction cups with LIDAR sensors and allows glove-wearers to pick up and release objects without grasping. In a new study, researchers invented a glove that mimics octopus suckers ...

Engineers have developed a new type of glove, inspired by an octopus’s tentacles, that allows the wearer to simply hover their hand over an object to grip it. The “Octa-glove” can tightly grip objects ...

A team of researchers has developed an octopus-inspired glove capable of securely gripping objects underwater. This is significant because humans aren't naturally equipped to thrive underwater. There ...