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Insect Substance Synthesized For Science
An anonymous reader wrote to mention an article discussing the successful synthesis of resilin, a super-elastic material used by insects to perform amazing feats. From the article: "Dr. Elvin predicted the substance would lead to everything from artificial arteries to spinal parts that would not wear out despite being flexed 100 million times. 'That's how many times you move your back in 50 or 60 years,' he said. It could also be used in micro electronics. 'We even imagine putting it in running shoes.'"
I like where this is going...
This sounds wayy too much like Son of Flubber!
Learn less about Resilin at Wikipedia.
Resilin condoms. One size really does fit all.
this will only become affordable on an commercial scale once the porn industry starts using resilin - i won't go into details, but there are interesting applications for a high durabality super-elastic material... ..or maybe just new alien case-mods?
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You know its getting late when you read the article as "Incest Substance Synthesized For Science" ..." An anonymous reader wrote to mention a article discussing the successful synthesis of resilin, a super-elastic material used incest to perform amazing feats" and I'm like WTF
Admit it, you guys are all thinking that too. Boo organic web spinnerets.
I, for one, welcome our super bouncy overlords.
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I just can't wait for those terrorists lugging slingshots powered by resilin bands ;-)
"Dr Elvin predicted..."
For a moment I read that as "Dr Evil"...
Lesbian Nazi Hookers Abducted by UFOs and Forced Into Weight Loss Programs - -all next week on Town Talk.
note substance will not work under the red sun of krypton
Now we have the first observable effects of the Great Flying Spaghetti Monster...Hurrah Intelligent Design!
This all sounds very good but how cost efficient will large, industry scale production of resin be?
Because resilin production is such a ground-breaking undertaking, a revolutionary manufacturing process will need to be created. A process that involves many busy-bees to make the resilin, which could be called "workers". These workers would go to a "hive" to create the resilin, and would work furiously in the hopes that some day all of their labors might give them a chance to rub elbows with someone important, and let's call this entity a "queen". Sound good?
Peter Parker? Not really. Rearrange the letters in Dr. Elvin and you will get...
EVIL NRD.
And you know it's getting REALLY late when you don't even go "WTF".
Hey, now! You'd be amazed at the amount of force and energy that's stored in the rubber between my legs!
and after 300 cups do you break the coffee barrier?
<friday> They are - they just took a billion years to evolve into us to do it! </friday>
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of Mithril, yes from... JRR Tolkiens now (in)famous EPIC (Lord of the rings... for those who haven't had coffee this morning yet).
From the pedia... "...It is a precious silvery metal, stronger than steel but much lighter in weight..."
And brought to us by none other than Dr. Elvin.
What will the elves think of next!
I have no problem envisioning the up side of leaping over a 100 storey building.
However there is a down side to this that I'd rather not visualize...
Have you tried milking a flea? It's not a pretty sight. Half the time you end up crushing it with the tweezers.
Maybe it is their size. I suspect that spider net would not scale up to mammal sizes.
What part of, "Does whatever a spider can," did you not understand?
Your courageous and selfless spelling corrections have made me a better person.
Actually according to evolution it is their own stupid fault. If they couldn't adapt then they were not adequate to survive. That's just how evolution works.
Paying taxes to buy civilization is like paying a hooker to buy love.
"It looks a bit spaghetti [but] we can cast it in any shape."
They would just need to swap out the die on their Play-Doh Fun Factory.
Are there more insect substances equally amazing?
Yeah, that stuff they leave on the windshield when you hit them. Resistant to almost every cleaning substance known to man that doesn't dissolve the glass too.
What exactly can this stuff make you do that 50 espresso shots can't?
Walk past a rest room without stopping?
You, Sir, are on the right track! From the article:
I do believe that this is in fact a sign!
I mean... Arrrrr.....