points by jdw64 1 day ago | 0 comments
Would it be uneconomical to make clothes from spider silk?
But I'm curious what kind of spider Spider Man's web comes from.
[–] the__alchemist 1 day ago
This article goes into it... Need 1e6 spiders in 1e6 boxes.
[–] Dylan16807 1 day ago
So it's probably 100-1000x as expensive as silk? That's doable.
[–] the__alchemist 20 hours ago
In addition to the sibling post, silkworms don't need individual living quarters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Spider_Silk_Cape