Real Spider-Man Web Shooters: Science Friction Ep 25

How close are we to to having our own set of Spider-man web shooters? Since the Amazing Spider-Man 2 is coming to theaters I thought we should find out. This is Science Friction, the series where fantasy meets reality and I breakdown the real science behind comic book and sci-fi superheroes. Tell me what superpower you want. Links to sources below.

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Biomimetics and the Engineering of Spider Silk
https://illumin.usc.edu/printer/13/bi...

The Future of Industrial Spider Silk
http://cen.acs.org/articles/92/i9/Spi...

Chemical Structure of Spider Silk
http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/spider...

How Spiders make Silk - Discover Magazine
http://discovermagazine.com/1998/oct/...

How Spiders make Silk - Live Science
http://www.livescience.com/32582-how-...

Fritz Vollrath on a Life of Studying Spiders - The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/science/20...

Spider Silk Properties
http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/spider...

How Thick a Spider Silk Thread has to be to Stop a Boeing in Mid-Flight
http://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/Spiders...

The Spider's Success Story
http://australianmuseum.net.au/Silk-t...


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