Iowa State's Spiderman

[Ciclone]

Not a spider fan, but this is pretty cool stuff:

What Wang and his research team found was that spider silks – particularly the draglines that anchor webs in place – conduct heat better than most materials, including very good conductors such as silicon, aluminum and pure iron. Spider silk also conducts heat 1,000 times better than woven silkworm silk and 800 times better than other organic tissues.

http://www.sciencecodex.com/iowa_st...er_silk_conducts_heat_as_well_as_metals-87217

 

[no2cyclones]

Wow, that's pretty sweet. What do spiders use to make their silk?

 

[Ciclone]

Wow, that's pretty sweet. What do spiders use to make their silk?

Flies?

 

[no2cyclones]

Ha, I meant in a more more biochemistry-related manner.

 

[no2cyclones]

I just got a song stuck in my head after reading the article. Can anybody guess it?

Am I close?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=714-Ioa4XQw]Simpsons clip 8 "Spiderpig" - YouTube[/ame]

 

[no2cyclones]

No.

I see you forgot your sense of humor at home today... Was it the old "Spiderman" theme song, though?

 

[Kickedinthenuts]

I just got a song stuck in my head after reading the article. Can anybody guess it?

IState

 

[no2cyclones]

No.

Hint. Song is from the 80s I think. Also, I didn't read the article, just the quote.

Everybody have fun tonight.... Everybody Wang Chung tonight...

 

[Boxerdaddy]

Wow, that's pretty sweet. What do spiders use to make their silk?

Figure out how they do it and you'll be a billionaire. I'll take a small 1% consultation fee.

 

[Ciclone]

I just got a song stuck in my head after reading the article. Can anybody guess it?

Why, Spiderwebs, no doubt. (And yes, that's a pun on the band name as well.)

 

[Ciclone]

I think we need to debut this technology with Iowa State athletic uniforms.