IMF Agent Ethan Hunt doesn't have sh*t on the Utah State University "Ascending Aggies" engineering team. The Air Force recently went to these guys and asked them to build a PVAC, or Personal Vacuum Assisted Climber, capable of scaling a brick wall. They ended up winning a $100k development prize for this vacuum backpack. Since it roars like any normal ShopVac, it's hardly a clandestine tool for sneaking up a wall undetected, but it seems like a step in the right direction toward suction cup gloves that actually work or something like that. So suck it, Spidy.

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