January 14, 2012

Interesting story about spider silk

They made a cape out of real spider silk. Amazing. If nothing else, go look at the photos.

2 comments:

  1. Did you happen to read the comments after the article? Some are pretty funny.

    Imagine the pain the spider must be going through during the twenty minute hand-cranked extraction. lol

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  2. The "reeling out" made me a bit queasy too. The damn cape is so ugly overall, isn't it? But the woven patterns are lovely. I guess it's a traditional shape (from somewhere). I'm glad they wove spiders into the design. It seems only fair.

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