Old article, but my wife just sent it to me. Canadian Biotech company and the US government genetically engineered cows and goats to lactate synthetic spider silk.

http://www.wired.com/science/discove.../2002/01/49828

 

bring on the spider-poo body armor

 

whoa

 

Cool and wierd.

And that article is 8 years old... I guess they haven't made much progress since?

 

This note is only a year old:

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/...0News/2425431/

And from AFMNET's own website - just a title:

http://www.afmnet.ca/project/summary.html?pid=126

 

on a strength to weight ratio, isnt spider web stronger than steel?

something like that?

 

yeah i read that in national geographic in high school did a report on it and i graduted in 01

haha someones been watching the first spiderman movie!

but yes it is lighter stronger....faster wait no thats a kanye song

 

"Does whatever a spider-goat does!"

 

iswydt

 

 

hahahaha!