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Spider Silk Finally Ready For Commercialization

Posted by timothy on from the and-it's-delicious dept.

An anonymous reader writes: We've been hearing about little bits of progress for decades, but spider silk fibers are finally ready to be delivered at commercial scale, thanks to three scientist-founders and large investments ($40M) from SF and SV venture capitalists. Who'll be the first to build a web slinger?

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  1. Revised Song by SuperKendall · · Score: 4, Funny

    Spider Man, Spider Man.

    Discovers silk can't hold a grown Man.

    Look out! There falls the Spider Man!

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    "There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
  2. Re:"expects to have products by late next year." by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 3, Funny

    IOW, vaporware.

    Here is the relevant translation chart.

  3. Re:Wait a minute, what happened to the goat? by Culture20 · · Score: 3, Funny

    All the spider goat samples went udderly baaaad.