 KoalaMeatPie
Male, 18-29, Canada
 2372 Posts
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Monday, November 09, 2009 3:26:19 AM
Yeah, they modified genes in goat so the milk would have the base for a silk. They would then need to strain and treat the milk to have a workable material.The Material was going to be used as a substitute for kevlar (among other things) |
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 kittilia
Female, 13-17, Western US
98 Posts
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 1:57:27 AM
that is so cool.
I wonder how it would do as a bullet proof vest? |
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 SmilinSam
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
432 Posts
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009 3:36:53 PM
those spiders are freaky lookin. |
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 MrGrowley
Female, 13-17, Eastern US
117 Posts
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Monday, October 12, 2009 6:23:42 PM
Nice color. Thought it would be more of a silver though.... But still, very cool. |
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 Negative_One
Male, 30-39, Western US
2488 Posts
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Monday, October 12, 2009 5:00:02 PM
"Several groups have tried inserting spider genes into bacteria (or even cows and goats) to produce silk, but so far, the attempts have been only moderately successful."
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Wait....what? |
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 MrAnonymous
Male, 18-29, Western US
217 Posts
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Monday, October 12, 2009 4:43:50 PM
its so awesome! Its not cruel at all! its the reason they have handlers for then is to avoid the spiders from choping eachothers heads off. |
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 Skyler92
Female, 18-29, Europe
126 Posts
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Monday, October 12, 2009 2:59:20 PM
punkipenguin, how the hell is it cruel??? |
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 TxP
Female, 18-29, Southern US
340 Posts
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Monday, October 12, 2009 2:16:06 PM
wow, i hate spiders but that is awesome :D
its gorgeous! same dilluxia, i would want to touch it too :) |
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 Angilion
Male, 40-49, Europe
1448 Posts
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Monday, October 12, 2009 2:02:31 PM
"you probably dont even need it as thick they said it was stronger than kevlar and steel so it would probably stop bullets with a vest made of it that isnt as thick"Spider silk, specifically dragline spider silk (spiders can make half a dozen different types of silk) has a *tensile strength* greater than steel. So if you made a rope from it and a rope from steel with the same thickness for each rope, the silk one could hold more weight before snapping. Which doesn't say much for how it would cope with a bullet which would hit from the side of the threads, not along them. Besides, there are synthetic materials with a high tensile strength than the strongest spider silk. For example, you can hang 150Kg off a 1mm thick strand of PBO. |
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 punkipenguin
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
472 Posts
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Monday, October 12, 2009 10:08:50 AM
that's cruel and disgusting. |
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 revdrdark
Male, 40-49, Southern US
321 Posts
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Monday, October 12, 2009 9:24:37 AM
Title is almost a Haiku |
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hrlhrl2000
Male, 30-39, Australia
126 Posts
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Monday, October 12, 2009 7:12:17 AM
So it will take 20 years for Western scientists to figure out how to mass produce webs and then what? Everyone else (enemies of the West) will have it a year after that - billions of dollars wasted? |
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 Geoman
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
85 Posts
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Monday, October 12, 2009 6:33:16 AM
That explains why Spidermans web was so strong and unbreakable - always wonder how strong that webbing really was. |
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 Dilluxia
Female, 18-29, Canada
93 Posts
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Monday, October 12, 2009 4:43:53 AM
rofl @ Angel... yeah we don't want to be staining that one!! I think it's amazing! I wonder what it feels like to the touch? |
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xtremegamer
Male, 13-17, Eastern US
98 Posts
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 9:00:37 PM
@ that_dudeyou probably dont even need it as thick they said it was stronger than kevlar and steel so it would probably stop bullets with a vest made of it that isnt as thick |
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 SynthNinja
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
18 Posts
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 8:22:45 PM
Take that, Golden Fleece. |
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 musicnorange
Female, 13-17, Midwest US
6 Posts
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 6:41:23 PM
thats cool |
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 Angelmassb
Male, 18-29, S. America
1579 Posts
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 5:21:40 PM
Just stay away from ketchup and mustard while using it alright? |
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 SaltyVarnish
Male, 18-29, Australia
351 Posts
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 3:52:47 PM
cooooool |
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 That_dude
Male, 18-29, Western US
55 Posts
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 2:59:49 PM
hmm, if you had enough of it to make a vest about as thick as a kevlar one, could it stop bullets? |
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 Joolin
Male, 18-29, Western US
653 Posts
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 2:47:08 PM
If I had a poncho made out of that, I don't think I'd ever take it off. |
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 dramaeco
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
65 Posts
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 2:36:13 PM
oh, heh, uh thats nice,heh heh *throws up a little in his mouth* |
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 Geogypsy
Female, 18-29, Canada
152 Posts
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 11:10:28 AM
How fascinating...I wonder why they produce golden silk. |
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 Gleeballs
Female, 13-17, Southern US
419 Posts
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 11:09:56 AM
haha those are disgusting ass spiders. but yeah someone make me some spider silk socks or something im ready for a new fashion statement. |
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 shunpo_31
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
1308 Posts
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Sunday, October 11, 2009 11:01:49 AM
spiders...UBER ick.and by the way, it's rather difficult to fully and accurately measure the mechanical and possibly even thermomechanical properties of spider silk, just because of its size. what I would like to see is the compressive strength of spider silk, or observe it in a large-scale column buckling situation. QUICK! someone find Poisson's Ratio for spider silk!! twenty bucks to whoever finds it. |
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