Man Climbs Building with Vacuum Gloves

By John Farrier in Video Clips on Jul 24, 2009 at 6:03 pm

This BBC News video shows inventor Jem Stansfield climbing the outside of the BBC building with hand-held mounts that adhere to the wall thanks to the suction created by the vacuum cleaner engine on his back.

Tags: BBC, Jem Stansfield, vacuum, vacuum gloves

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Christophe
Jul 24th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
Spider-Man meets Dr Octopus…
Geekazoid
Jul 24th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Wasn’t there something like this on Mythbusters?
Kalel
Jul 24th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
It’d suck if it didn’t.
AJ
Jul 25th, 2009 at 1:07 am
The thief in Superman scaled a building with suction cups.
ted
Jul 25th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Aw, he had a safety rope, though.
Nick Watson
Oct 11th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3ml2_6yOgo

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