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the next big thing
Posted by: mike taillefer (---.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net)
Date: December 20, 2004 08:05PM

spyders webs are you ready?

[www.cnn.com]

Potential industrial uses for the manufactured web -- which has a diameter of one-thousandth of a millimeter -- include surgical thread, bullet-proof vests, micro-conductors, optical fibers and fishing rods.

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Re: the next big thing
Posted by: Ken Preston (---.longhl01.md.comcast.net)
Date: December 20, 2004 08:07PM

I wonder how you'll ever put it down - spider silk is VERY sticky. LOL

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Re: the next big thing
Posted by: Mick McComesky (---.nas3.saint-louis1.mo.us.da.qwest.net)
Date: December 20, 2004 08:48PM

But Ken, think of the bait you could catch with your rod! A flyfisherman could simply wave is rod around and the whole hatch will be right there!

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Re: the next big thing
Posted by: bill boettcher (---.an1.nyc41.da.uu.net)
Date: December 20, 2004 09:08PM

does it come with a black widow

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Re: the next big thing
Posted by: Ken Preston (---.longhl01.md.comcast.net)
Date: December 21, 2004 03:03PM

All joking aside - if the Israeli's (and their partners in Europe) have perfected a way to manufacture "threads" of spider silk it will bring a revolution in scrims/pre-peg, "silk" threads for wrapping guides etc. The only drawback will be, I think, the cost of manufacturing - and the fact that it will remain proprietary for some time .

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