Spider Silk Tapestry

BamBaboons · Spider Silk Tapestry

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

Loudog760

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?

balam

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.

BamBaboons

I must have one of those Sights O_O

Celeste

OMG! That is *GORGEOUS*!!!

Please let us know if you find any more pictures.

Don't you wish you could touch it???!

ftorres

Nice really nice!!!

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

I want one.

balam

Hey Brit (THREAD HIJACKED):

http://winva.com/pdf/websiteArticles/2009.8_PremierReticles.pdf

BamBaboons

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

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