Dragline Spider-Silk: Biomimicry and Properties

[@schizo4725]

A few years ago, a friend and I did a research project for our sophomore year science fair. Actually was my first go at making web shooters. Get this, we decided to see if using two dozen golden orb weavers and harvesting their dragline for likely near 200 hours over 3 months and shoving it into our web fluid formula, basically just a brain ion silly string formula with spider silk shoved into it, would have any effect. The actual problem statement was more an excuse to make web shooters than anything. But after we took our 200+ hour pellets worth and put it in a cartridge, we shot a piece of non spider silk and the spider silk infused version, waited for them to dry completely solid and hung a plastic bag with weights in it till they broke. Surprisingly, the silk infused version held weight sixfold in comparison. Granted, that’s sixfold of basically silly string, but still we just kinda looked at each other like “no way did that actually work”. There’s half a dozen other factors that were probably the actual reason for the difference. I mean, the chain should only be as strong as it’s weakest link, right? But still, spider silk is some fascinating stuff, and I’m glad to see someone else who looks into the chemical side of it all as well.

[@theAmazing]

Wow, just wow! Thanks for this info and that was a great experiment idea you guys had!! And I am pleasantly surprised with the results.

[@jorjor94]

Do you think at some point in the nearby future, humans could be able to have the web glands in the wrists like the Sam Raimi Spider-Man? I just wonder because his version of Spider-Man was from a genetic engineered spider and not radioactive spider

[@schizo4725]

@@jorjor94 evolve to have them? Not anytime soon. Evolution takes millions of years. And besides. Evolution tends to occur out of necessity. Right now, our biology doesn’t have much incentive to evolve web glands. Genetically engineered? Almost equally as impossible. We can hardly splice animals dna of similar genomes much less that of a spider and a human being. So tl:dr, not any time in the nearby future.

[@No-one-of-importance]

Yo just want to say your killing it I know it doesn’t mean much but I really believe dragline dynamics is 100% going to be a success

[@theAmazing]

Thank you so much for your support!!

[@filigenzilab9613]

I’ve heard of a company that recently did bio mimicry and it’s spider silk, called Spintex

[@theAmazing]

Ooh they look interesting!

[@filigenzilab9613]

@@theAmazing thank you

[@filigenzilab9613]

@@theAmazingalso, you’re channel is awesome! May I ask for some ideas on a web shooter? Let’s say hypothetically I make spider silk dope out of the proteins and amino acids used in spider silk, and that to make the silk, it must be pushed through a thin opening into a low-pH solution. Any ideas on how I could incorporate this mechanism into a web shooter? Thanks!

[@GrimTech-bk1px]

Three questions: 1: if spiders were the size of human how powerful the webs can be? 2: what kind of webs would you use that is more stronger than any other? 3: “The important question and similar one and two questions” if you’re a backpack or canisters work bigger as the spiders webs butt. And proper webs fluids at the same time of Air canister that can shoot and spread far and wide. What do you suppose/suggest it could be? 🕷🕸

[@e-manyvelez7430]

if spiders were the size of humans we would have bigger problems

[@midnightnwk7596]

Yoooo, 1st award? 😳

[@roxeryy]

yuh

[@fritz7645]

i’m abt to move back into this world, gonna log back into my spider supreme account

[@thatspiderguy8908]

Spiders are definitely in my top 5 favorite animals

[@theAmazing]

I KNOW Right

[@sciencesonicx5425]

I was wondering can spider silk transfer electricity like in "Amazing Spider Man 2", or would it just burn through it?.

[@theAmazing]

Spider silk is conductive IRL!

[@TheSensationalMr.Science]

hey the amazing look into electrospinning, it is an interesting idea that might be unique and beneficial for web shooters. Hope you have a great day & Safe Travels!

[@theAmazing]

Thank you! You as well!

[@nilzoncordon6801]

I have no idea what any of what you said meant, but I'm going to act like I do.

[@theAmazing]

Check out the sources I have on the video screen to learn more!

[@nilzoncordon6801]

@@theAmazing will do, I actually have been meaning to learn chemistry for some time now.

[@canislupusminecraft2670]

Fasinating!

[@greyboundry]

maybe if your small "science industry" continues to 4 - 5 years I might join it(if you would let me) but at the moment I am nothing but a highschool student

[@theAmazing]

Keep that dream alive, and I'll keep mine. If we're both successful, we will certainly need people for Dragline Dynamics!

[@Theriople]

@@theAmazing im in too, just a couple of years to learning

[@Nopedhhdbebs]

If you can make real web shooter so how can it make the spiderweb shape ???

[@kenny6643]

Have you thought about working with The Thought Emporium on spider silk production?

[@theAmazing]

Yes, but two things. I’ve reviewed in this video how chemical methods may be more successful than genetic methods… but I’d still be down to see how any spider-silk replicant could be integrated with web-shooters. No KZbinr seems to want to work with me lmao.

[@sciencesonicx5425]

I was wondering the spider man movies with Toby Maguire, how does he shoot web nets out of his wrists?.

[@Theriople]

he has the proteins, and with some organs near his wrist he does the thing the spider does ig

[@sciencesonicx5425]

@@Theriople Yeah but would the body need to build up pressure in order to shoot the web out, otherwise it would just come out slowly because spiders don't shoot their webs.

[@Theriople]

@@sciencesonicx5425 maybe kinetic energy, or compressed air, i saw a movie thung about his wrists

[@GodPepeLOVE]

i like this proyect keep it going

[@sneakyspider7838]

I hope you will be the real life spiderman

[@_nnon_8397]

Damn, that's a lot of information, it's a little difficult to me to understand all of what r u saying 'cause English isn't my first language, but is too interesting know about spiders and their proteins (lol, it's literally proteins, damn) Would work a web fluid which in two different cartridges with two different fluids, transform into a solid line with the combination of both and the expulsion of the valve? With the homemade HC web shooter, for example

[@canislupusminecraft2670]

Trust me, it is hard for native English speakers to understand it.

[@roxeryy]

cool cool

[@h7opolo]

good video, my dude

[@mdyzward8553]

Nice job!

[@Adumbb]

fascinating

[@generichuman1919]

This is all interesting

[@bruhjitsu7273]

Magnificent 👏🏽

[@jillianmendez6148]

𝐩яⓞ𝓂𝓞Ş𝐦 😕