14-billion-years-later:

Want Bullet Proof Skin?

Of course you do. Well now bioengineers have developed a skin made in part with spider silk that is capable of stopping a speeding bullet. Spider silk may not seem that strong, but in a strength to weight comparison a weave of it out distances Kevlar 4 fold. I once heard that an inch thick rope of the stuff could stop a jet plane at full throttle. For videos of the tests you can click here. The first test shows a bullet moving only at half speed, while the second test shows it moving at full speed under which conditions the skin is compromised. To be fair though, it’s a step in the right direction and I look forward to being the super villain hero I’ve always wanted to be.

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