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March 5, 2012 04:02 pm PST
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Spider silk violin strings
The violin heard in this video was strung with violin strings made from spider silk. Does it sound different to you? Me neither, but I'm no violin connoisseur. From New Scientist: (Nara Medical University professor Shigeyoshi) Osaki learned how to coax Nephila maculate spiders to spin out long strands of dragline, the strongest form of [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/2pVza86qEgI/spider-silk-violin-strings.html
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