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PostPosted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:28 pm    Post subject: Spider Silk Tapestry Reply with quote

I don't know if this is the rite place for this ( if if isn't go ahead and move it Razz) but I thought this was REALLY neat Smile

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113223398
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is awesome! Its funny because my friend and I were talking about if someone made a spider clothing line ::lol::.

Is it me or was the video more like audio?
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's pretty darn neat. "Soft as cashmere".

One thing that wasn't clear to me was how the "silk" the spider.

I know of at least one gun sight manufacturer that permanently employs Latrodectus in order to use their silk for crosshairs.
The method *they* use to "silk" the spider is applying a small electrical charge which induces the spider to produce silk.

They didn't mention anything like that in the article, but I'm almost certain they don't "sweet-talk" the N. madagascariensis into spinning just for the heck of it.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I must have one of those Sights O_O
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

OMG!  That is *GORGEOUS*!!!

Please let us know if you find any more pictures.  

Don't you wish you could touch it???!
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 12:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice really nice!!!

I wonder when will be see an Armani shirt made out of spider silk????

I want one.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 6:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey Brit (THREAD HIJACKED):

http://winva.com/pdf/websiteArticles/2009.8_PremierReticles.pdf
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

O_O 3k?
I don't care, i still want one ::lol::

I love the color of it. Its very... mythical..



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