Spider web

lord filbuster · 29 Aug 2008 at 15:59

Camalot · 29 Aug 2008 at 17:04

Hes not for real, hes winding you all up i think.

nikebee · 29 Aug 2008 at 17:42

Thunderbirdz said:
WEll why dont we build stuff out of it instead of steel then? The world trader centre probably wouldnt have fallen down if it had been

Because the amount of it you would need to create a building the same strength as a building made from steel or otherwise would be ridiculous, not to mention an incredible fire hazzard.

A spiders web is... actually you know what, it's not even worth it :-/

I will sum it up for you.

If we could, we would. But we can't so we won't and we don't.

nikebee · 29 Aug 2008 at 17:42

Camalot said:
Hes not for real, hes winding you all up i think.

He's almost made it on to my ignore list though

Tefal · 29 Aug 2008 at 17:48

shauncr91 · 29 Aug 2008 at 17:54

Never has that image been more fitting

Tefal · 29 Aug 2008 at 17:55

shauncr91 said:
Never has that image been more fitting

Yeah it's just a shame it isn't around 10-11 pm

~>Dg<~ · 29 Aug 2008 at 17:59

u go to bed early

5punk3monk3y · 29 Aug 2008 at 18:14

This Thread just fails ---- EPICLY ----

I got one....

Why wasn't the Titanic made of wood as wood floats and then it wouldn't have fallen under the water

FAIL!

aardvark · 29 Aug 2008 at 20:19

spider silk is ridiculously strong - many many people have tried to make it synthetically for many many years - it can't be done at the moment, and i wouldn't hold your breath!

Doohickey · 29 Aug 2008 at 20:43

milkinc13 · 29 Aug 2008 at 21:14

is it true that if a steel thread waas made at the same thickness of spiders web, the web would be able to support a lot more weight

Tefal · 29 Aug 2008 at 21:19

yes, a cord of spider silk as thick as your thumb would hold a jumbo jet.

Of course there are current synthetics/materials which are far far stronger, and at best we;ve made a poor imitation of spider silk using a warehouse sized machine, and also we've tried making it in genetically engineered goats (it comes out of their milk).

Spider silk has missed it's time we've moved past it, unless it becomes very cheap to make.

MikeHunt79 · 1 Sep 2008 at 13:43

Tefal said:
we've tried making it in genetically engineered goats (it comes out of their milk).

WTF? This sounds like something film... You're not making this up are you? :confused:

Tefal · 1 Sep 2008 at 13:46

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/889951.stm

although they can produce the proteins they still can't weave them.

strudey · 1 Sep 2008 at 13:57

Spider-goat, spider-goat, does whatever a spider-goat does

Sinque · 1 Sep 2008 at 15:53

Thunderbirdz said:
Well all of you who are doubting me obviously know it is a pretty good idea but u are probably jealous you didnt think of it first. It might not work who knows im sure whoever invented flying got laughed at at first

misterPK · 1 Sep 2008 at 16:16

Does wire wool come from robot sheep? and if so do they live in electric fields?

PK!

B@Th*nG · 1 Sep 2008 at 16:25

misterPK said:
Does wire wool come from robot sheep? and if so do they live in electric fields?

PK!

and are they shagged by the robot Welsh?

B@Th*nG

MooMoo444 · 1 Sep 2008 at 16:27

Someone had to revive this didnt they :rolleyes:

Spiderweb obviously wasnt strong enough to hold this off page 1.