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Glass Micromachine Makes Silk the Same Way Spiders Do [Synthetic Web]

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2008-04-29 13:20:00 by posted by Pantha in
...silk glands, and can be used to replicate the initial stages of natural silk production. It's an interesting development since production of artificial spider silk has proven difficult in industrial quantities and qualities, and its tensile strength to density ratio is five times that of steel, making it potentially very useful as armor and...
 
Tags: spider silk, artificial spider silk, spider, spider silk glands, team-leader professor bausch, team, production, natural silk production, quantities
 
 
 
 
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Glass Micromachine Makes Silk the Same Way Spiders Do [Synthetic Web]

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2008-04-29 09:20:00 by Kit Eaton in Gizmodo
...silk glands, and can be used to replicate the initial stages of natural silk production. It's an interesting development since production of artificial spider silk has proven difficult in industrial quantities and qualities, and its tensile strength to density ratio is five times that of steel, making it potentially very useful as armor and...
 
Tags: spider silk, artificial spider silk, spider, spider silk glands, team-leader professor bausch, team, production, natural silk production, quantities
 
 
 
 
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Super strong artificial silk almost here

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2008-04-29 17:30:41 by Doug Aamoth in CrunchGear
...silk that makes it really strong and really hard to replicate. Scientists have gotten closer to being able to make silk-like material thats five times stronger than steel, according to the BBC In the past, its been too difficult to produce artificial silk in large enough quantities to make it worthwhile, but scientist at the University of...
 
Tags: silk, produce artificial silk, spider silk proteins, spider silk, proteins, water-soluble proteins, spider, silk-like material, similar process
 
 
 
 
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Silk'n Hair Removal System FDA Approved

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2008-03-24 20:50:43 by Michael in Medgadget
...Silk'n hair removal system, a device that works via company's proprietary light therapy, dubbed Home Pulsed Light (HPL). Designed to be used by the patient, but with physician guidance, the system promises both efficacy and privacy. The Silk'n is intended for removal of unwanted hair by using selective photothermal treatment. The device is...
 
Tags: hair, device, hair removal device, post-treatment hair count, hair removal system, hair count, removal, silk, initial hair count
 
 
 
 
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Salvatore Ferragamo CD And Headphone Silk Tie

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2008-07-16 14:00:06 by Andrew Liszewski in OhGizmo!
...silk tie from Savatore Ferragamo will show your co-workers that underneath all those fancy clothes youre still a geek. The pattern is actually pretty subtle, so someone would have to be really paying attention to notice it, and the tie itself is made from fine Italian silk. Its available from Saks Fifth Avenue in navy or red for $160...
 
Tags: headphone silk tie, tie, cd, salvatore ferragamo cd, fine italian silk, savatore ferragamo, button-up shirt, andrew liszewski, fancy clothes
 
 
 
 
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Silk Pillowcase from Holistic Silk helps reduce wrinkles

2008-04-21 06:35:36 by Editor in Gizmodiva.com
 
There were creams and then there were massager's. Now there are pillows. This is a silk pillow, which is said to have powers that alleviates the strain on the skin and eliminates wrinkles and other aging problems while you
 
Tags: wrinkles, silk pillow, skin, powers, strain, pillows, creams, massager
 
 
 
 
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Rapha Silk Scarf

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2008-09-03 16:47:26 by HASH0x8b7f648 in Cool Hunting
...silk scarf that functions just as a pair of arm warmers would, only for your neck. Made of 100% silk and produced by Adamley in England, the black scarf comes with a discrete white sprocket pattern With Fall just around the bend, we enter into a cool grey zone in the mornings, evenings and brief periods of chill made more notable when you're...
 
Tags: scarf, silk, black scarf, classy silk scarf, cool grey zone, road ridingjust, arm warmers, rapha, evenings
 
 
 
 
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Sony Ericsson G700: the Silk Bronze Touchscreen Phone

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2008-02-10 19:36:34 by posted by Pantha in
...silk bronze phone, Sony Ericsson aims at making our lives simpler with the "one-touch full organizer functions". The company claims that they are delivering innovative organizer capabilities in regular phones with the G-Serie (regular keyboard and size). I guess that this is for people who hate the brick look and size of QWERTY Smartphones...
 
Tags: innovative organizer capabilities, keyboard, sony ericsson aims, regular keyboard, company claims, features include, qwerty smartphones, video, megapixel camera
 
 
 
 
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Sony Ericsson G700: the Silk Bronze Touchscreen Phone

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2008-02-10 11:36:34 by Editor in Ubergizmo
...silk bronze phone, Sony Ericsson aims at making our lives simpler with the "one-touch full organizer functions". The company claims that they are delivering innovative organizer capabilities in regular phones with the G-Serie (regular keyboard and size). I guess that this is for people who hate the brick look and size of QWERTY Smartphones...
 
Tags: innovative organizer capabilities, keyboard, sony ericsson aims, regular keyboard, company claims, features include, qwerty smartphones, video, megapixel camera
 
 
 
 
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Silk'n light-based hair remover gets FDA approval for home use

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2008-03-25 07:18:00 by Darren Murph in Engadget