http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/researchers-tout-progress-in-spinning-artificial-spider-silk/ Engadget Comments for Researchers tout progress in spinning artificial spider silk http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/researchers-tout-progress-in-spinning-artificial-spider-silk/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/researchers-tout-progress-in-spinning-artificial-spider-silk/Apr 29th 2008 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/researchers-tout-progress-in-spinning-artificial-spider-silk/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/researchers-tout-progress-in-spinning-artificial-spider-silk/Apr 29th 2008 10:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/researchers-tout-progress-in-spinning-artificial-spider-silk/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/researchers-tout-progress-in-spinning-artificial-spider-silk/
I'm not sure about that. fiber optics use light which, in a vacuum, has a speed of 299,792,458 m/s. If the fiber optics were made of some kind of glass with the refractive index (n) of 1.5. using the equation v=c/n, the resulting velocity would be 199,861,638.66. I don't know what the refractive index of spider silk is, but it can't be less than 1 (the speed of light). The silk its self couldn't transmit much faster, but if the attenuation (degradation of the signal) was lower, then there would be the need for less repeaters.]]>Apr 30th 2008 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/researchers-tout-progress-in-spinning-artificial-spider-silk/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/researchers-tout-progress-in-spinning-artificial-spider-silk/Apr 29th 2008 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/researchers-tout-progress-in-spinning-artificial-spider-silk/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/researchers-tout-progress-in-spinning-artificial-spider-silk/Apr 29th 2008 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/researchers-tout-progress-in-spinning-artificial-spider-silk/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/researchers-tout-progress-in-spinning-artificial-spider-silk/Apr 29th 2008 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/researchers-tout-progress-in-spinning-artificial-spider-silk/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/researchers-tout-progress-in-spinning-artificial-spider-silk/Apr 29th 2008 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/researchers-tout-progress-in-spinning-artificial-spider-silk/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/researchers-tout-progress-in-spinning-artificial-spider-silk/Apr 29th 2008 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/researchers-tout-progress-in-spinning-artificial-spider-silk/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/researchers-tout-progress-in-spinning-artificial-spider-silk/
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That's what you will get shoved up your a$$ if you do that again]]>Apr 30th 2008 3:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/researchers-tout-progress-in-spinning-artificial-spider-silk/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/29/researchers-tout-progress-in-spinning-artificial-spider-silk/]]>Apr 30th 2008 10:41AM