Holy Threading, Spiderman...

Jerry Hammond

I really truly awesome (add more adjectives here) breakthrough![^] This is one of those breakthroughs that will have a wide ranging impact on every day life, imho. I think it measures right up there with the development of chemical fertilizers. (Ok, chuckle, but think about the impact of that discovery). Jerry He said this was like painstakingly assembling the first layer of a house of cards, then boasting that the next 15,000 layers were a mere formality.--The Code Book, pp. 331 Toasty0.com The Recipe Project

Steve T

It's good, but I prefered the earlier, far more bizarre attempt to overcome the problem of harvesting spider webs by splicing spider genes into goats and creating goats that produced spider silk when you milked them instead of milk. ;-) ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/889951.stm[^]

Bassam Abdul Baki

This is wrong on so many levels. Gene splicing across species is something we're not ready for. We may accidentally be creating a new killer virus without realizing it. :( "For that one fraction of a second, you were open to options you would never have considered. That is the exploration that awaits you. Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence." - Q (Star Trek: The Next Generation) ^ Blog

brianwelsch

Not too mention the confused and hungry kids. BW

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Get through it and learn how to fly. I know you will find a way...
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brianwelsch

Finally, the emancipation of spiders is upon us.:rolleyes: It is actually a pretty cool development. BW

"Get up and open your eyes. Don't let yourself ever fall down.
Get through it and learn how to fly. I know you will find a way...
Today"
-Days of the New

El Corazon

Steve T wrote: by splicing spider genes into goats and creating goats that produced spider silk when you milked them instead of milk. either that or accidentally create goats that love drinking blood.... why do I get the feeling that vampires may accidentally exist in 100 years.... _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)