Moon Parka: Outerwear Made from Synthetic Spider Silk

Re:Moon Parka: Outerwear Made from Synthetic Spider Silk by yathern on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @11:51AM (#10465098)

Wow, just recently I was looking up all about spider silk, thinking we weren't utilizing it to its full potential - whether medical, military or even fashion. Very excited about this, though it will probably be extremely expensive.

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Re:Moon Parka: Outerwear Made from Synthetic Spider Silk by mooreds on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @12:27PM (#10465408)

All new breakthroughs start expensive, though. Not until economies of scale come in does the price get driven down.

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Re:Moon Parka: Outerwear Made from Synthetic Spider Silk by djkrudy on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @01:59PM (#10466137)

Don't forget technological advancements, the other price driver. They're 11 years into the research, there could still be huge changes coming in how they can produce it.

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