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Ford has big plans for a new product that could improve recycling in new vehicles. The inspiration is taken straight from nature, and relies on an amazing and under-appreciated law of physics.

It’s a sticky subject, but this gecko may play a surprising part in #Ford’s future. https://t.co/iPM13bamck pic.twitter.com/r6pPli9BNh

— Ford Drive Green (@FordDriveGreen) November 16, 2015

Van der Waals forces are weak, and only effective over short distances. Very short distances.

While you'll feel the pull of a magnet toward your refrigerator from a few inches away, van der Waals forces…

Imagine a lawn watering system so intuitive that you wouldn’t have to remember to turn it on and one that didn’t run when watering wasn’t necessary?

Two students at Clark Atlanta University did just that. The pair earned top honors in Ford Motor Company’s Historically Black Colleges & Universities Community Challenge recently by creating an innovative and responsive watering system.

The system monitors the amount of moisture in the soil and the weather forecast, adding water to the ground only when needed.

Pretty cool, huh?