Spider Silk Could Save the World | Materialistic

In “Materialistic”, VICE News explores the future of ultra-sustainable fashion. In this episode, we explore synthetic silk. In their quest for stronger, more sustainable materials, industrial designers are increasingly looking at the amazing strength and versatility of spider silk. Synthetic versions of this wonder material could go a long way toward making the fashion industry more sustainable.
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  • @spector3881
    @spector38814 ай бұрын

    This Peter Parker guy from my highschool was working on something similar, you should give him a call

  • @bloodlove93

    @bloodlove93

    4 ай бұрын

    x to doubt hah

  • @swooshes897
    @swooshes897Ай бұрын

    Other than fashion, I never thought how useful and important silk is. Very interesting!

  • @AS-xi9df
    @AS-xi9df4 ай бұрын

    What did the spider do when he broke his computer? HE CALLED A WEBMASTER.

  • @raenico5285

    @raenico5285

    4 ай бұрын

    Did he find the webmaster on the web?

  • @AS-xi9df

    @AS-xi9df

    4 ай бұрын

    @@raenico5285 indeed it did 👍

  • @mattyounce2486
    @mattyounce24864 ай бұрын

    I have videoed and photographed many examples of spiders throughout the past and present so learning about evolution of the use and implementation of their silk is rewarding to experience

  • @lga9046
    @lga90464 ай бұрын

    That's what they said about tiny homes or shipping container homes, now they're playthings for the rich, like everything else

  • @beberivera7011
    @beberivera70113 ай бұрын

    I would love to know more about that spider silk cape😍

  • @SnowTiger45
    @SnowTiger454 ай бұрын

    It would be interesting if the synthetic fibres they create that is affected by the environmental conditions (like humidity) were able to produce a self-changing Camouflage materials. Maybe it would be affected by a specific range of wavelengths of light associated with vegetation or the lack-thereof rather than humidity ?

  • @WcHDICE
    @WcHDICE4 ай бұрын

    Alex Jones: They used spider guts as body armor

  • @blackreef3454
    @blackreef34544 ай бұрын

    Yeah, but what happened to the goats with spider genes? We were harvesting goat milk for the spider silk. Smilk! Bring back SMILK!

  • @bloodlove93

    @bloodlove93

    4 ай бұрын

    SMILKSMILKSMILKSMILKSMILK

  • @Aces_over_Kings

    @Aces_over_Kings

    4 ай бұрын

    They r probably the cryptids in the national parks that r likely responsible for all the people disappearing without a trace.

  • @geargeekpdx3566

    @geargeekpdx3566

    3 ай бұрын

    Great. now i'll need two benadryls to get to sleep after the idea of a 40 pound spider goat

  • @ktktktktktktkt
    @ktktktktktktkt4 ай бұрын

    5:00 Imagine driving on a biodegradable bridge. Sounds like a great idea.

  • @jaredsummers1846

    @jaredsummers1846

    3 ай бұрын

    Not when our government so poorly maintains our infrastructure and doesn’t approve budgets on time to maintain them…😢

  • @mannybravo237
    @mannybravo2374 ай бұрын

    "I feel that man has ruled this world as a stumbling demented child-king long enough, and as his empire crumbles, my precious black widow shall rise as his most bidding successor!" -Alice Cooper

  • @geargeekpdx3566

    @geargeekpdx3566

    3 ай бұрын

    LOVE ALICE! he has the intelligence of Zappa and the sarcastic delivery of George Carlin!

  • @debi1451
    @debi14514 ай бұрын

    Very interesting!.

  • @cliveklg7739
    @cliveklg77394 ай бұрын

    Have to wonder about these modified bacteria and their interactions outside of the lab/factory. The big one that is crazy to me is bacteria made to eat plastic... ok now that bacteria gets into the wide and multiplies... we have a lot of plastic we are USING that it could eat.

  • @aureliorubio7392
    @aureliorubio73924 ай бұрын

    Good by Vice...

  • @d.g6043
    @d.g60434 ай бұрын

    Small detail, but the video of Dr. Shah has a slight tilt to the left that is a bit nausea inducing when cutting back and forth during the interview. Your editor should rotate that video about 3 degrees to the right. It makes the video seem a bit unprofessional especially given that it is composed of mostly zoom call footage. Otherwise interesting concept.

  • @handlemonium
    @handlemonium4 ай бұрын

    Hm....a synthetic spider silk/graphene alloy yarn or layered fabric would be very functional and futuristic. Integrated circuits in the form of ganments that feel like regular clothes 😋

  • @unboxedcharacter
    @unboxedcharacter4 ай бұрын

    Pound for pound, silk is stronger than steel

  • @bloodlove93

    @bloodlove93

    4 ай бұрын

    unfortunately nobody ever made use of that , we use steel for buildings, blades,etc etc,not spidersilk i do wonder why that is.

  • @john-smith.

    @john-smith.

    4 ай бұрын

    @@bloodlove93 OP was just stating a fact....not a why not this, or that. Just use some common sense.

  • @annjames1837

    @annjames1837

    4 ай бұрын

    Build the wall

  • @Willchannel90
    @Willchannel904 ай бұрын

    Spiders are very pissed, that their home is not for sale.

  • @EverydayTreasure
    @EverydayTreasure4 ай бұрын

    YES LIKE KBLB stock sticker silk company still pennies but future is huge..........

  • @pickles_y
    @pickles_y4 ай бұрын

    Finally something useful

  • @jasonhamilton9525
    @jasonhamilton95254 ай бұрын

    What happened to the goat company? Their goats were so cute and I thought they were able to make product from it.

  • @chymoney1
    @chymoney13 ай бұрын

    With great power comes great responsibility.

  • @michellechmelev7439
    @michellechmelev74393 ай бұрын

    I want a spider silk chanel bag

  • @TheAstronomyDude
    @TheAstronomyDude4 ай бұрын

    Lol this entire video is an ad for women's handbags.

  • @lynnrolaf7422
    @lynnrolaf74224 ай бұрын

    What makes today's efforts different that what has been touted as a "revolutionary fiber" for the last 70 yrs? I've heard this all before. And it aways ends because of how hard it is to create the amount of fiber needled to mass produce it.

  • @jackbenimblejack1

    @jackbenimblejack1

    4 ай бұрын

    Create with the help of ai genetically engineered fungus or bacteria/yeast that eats plastic and produces silk... Easy right?

  • @nilevalleyafrican9451
    @nilevalleyafrican9451Ай бұрын

    Silk is the new gold 🕸 🥇

  • @olorin4317
    @olorin4317Ай бұрын

    Genetically alter the worms so their silk mimics the spider’s. Seems like that would be the “simplest” route.

  • @OhiChicken
    @OhiChicken3 ай бұрын

    Oh dang I'm not sure how I feel about spider goats...

  • @xSolomon454x
    @xSolomon454x4 ай бұрын

    Why does it keep cutting back to her face in the interview... Shes not saying anything

  • @theDane70
    @theDane702 ай бұрын

    I like the concept but a million spiders for a simple jacket doesn’t seem efficient at all and is probably worth more than diamonds by weight...

  • @braydenbergset2236
    @braydenbergset22363 ай бұрын

    10/10 journalist

  • @danielkover7157
    @danielkover71573 ай бұрын

    Usually you hear about technology bringing science fiction into reality. It's not often you hear about technology bringing fantasy into reality. It sounds like we might have drow elf spider silk armor someday. 😆

  • @Waltaere
    @Waltaere4 ай бұрын

    Viice 😃

  • @itahasin77
    @itahasin772 ай бұрын

    Eats for lunch metaforically and literally😅

  • @mattd1380
    @mattd13802 ай бұрын

    I thought spiders generally reuse there web in the production in a new web. Isnt that kind of a contradiction in production quanity...

  • @Hunter_Hult
    @Hunter_Hult4 ай бұрын

    Why is Snooki telling us about this?

  • @BonShula

    @BonShula

    4 ай бұрын

    You look like one of those guys that you see on the news killing their GF and hiding in a forest somewhere

  • @zizimugen4470
    @zizimugen44704 ай бұрын

    Maybe if we make jumping spiders bigger, we can just ask them to make silk for us? I’d gladly pamper those cuties and tell them how pretty they are, while people who care about silk just get it from the tap.

  • @Cartergoesharder
    @Cartergoesharder4 ай бұрын

    They gonna have spider farms now

  • @nomijoon

    @nomijoon

    4 ай бұрын

    What if da spider farm breaks open and then all the spiders go on the loose

  • @fuzzyspackage

    @fuzzyspackage

    2 ай бұрын

    Spoilers: Arachnophobia movie.🫡🛸🫶

  • @PipinhoSnow
    @PipinhoSnow2 ай бұрын

    OK

  • @praguhbis
    @praguhbis3 ай бұрын

    Even Nancy Drew knew it 70 years back.

  • @ape72patch1
    @ape72patch14 ай бұрын

    Hi there my name is Peter Parker . I am Interested in enquiring about the various organisations in your video who may have stolen or plagiarised some of my arachnid based technology.

  • @greatboniwanker
    @greatboniwanker4 ай бұрын

    How about spaceships!

  • @hezrienhomaximilliano9368
    @hezrienhomaximilliano93684 ай бұрын

    Spiderman

  • @FreeAssange_
    @FreeAssange_3 ай бұрын

    Leave the spiders alone gad dammit

  • @stancexpunks
    @stancexpunks4 ай бұрын

    Another reason why spiders are such amazing creatures! I currently own 3

  • @azsakamoto4582
    @azsakamoto45824 ай бұрын

    Lets hope we stop boiling silk worms alive to get silk 😅

  • @clandeszipp4564
    @clandeszipp45644 ай бұрын

    She's so brave!

  • @soaildas821
    @soaildas8214 ай бұрын

    Don't forget. This creature gave Marvel fans its unique super hero, the Spider man🎉

  • @kartikgupta5200
    @kartikgupta52004 ай бұрын

    Hahaha cricket shirt 😂

  • @alexandrustefanmiron7723
    @alexandrustefanmiron77234 ай бұрын

    Well if you can't do carbon sinks out of them .. then some might say that it's just click bait!

  • @brotherben4357

    @brotherben4357

    4 ай бұрын

    *silk bait

  • @anitaandy4415
    @anitaandy44154 ай бұрын

    Spiders will soon go extinct.

  • @googlesucks6029
    @googlesucks60294 ай бұрын

    TIL silk is made by worms.

  • @sNaPshotstuff2
    @sNaPshotstuff24 ай бұрын

    >I have naturally learned alot from spiders, worms, ants and others. Mostly usefull but just a tiny sting hurt.. I am still a human around and now I comment on things I know nothing about, thats the beauty of the internet web..now i see them as usefull after this video. 😆

  • @nomijoon
    @nomijoon4 ай бұрын

    Old news

  • @nastynas373
    @nastynas3734 ай бұрын

    Releasing helpful videos like this instead of propaganda videos like “Queer Sports” could save the world

  • @brotherben4357

    @brotherben4357

    4 ай бұрын

    Queer sports? Like the NFL or NBA?

  • @BitwanIndia
    @BitwanIndia4 ай бұрын

    Except human everyone can save the world

  • @houseplant1016

    @houseplant1016

    4 ай бұрын

    Because we destroyed the balance... It wouldn't have to be saved if we didn't mess up nature that much

  • @user-rr8jv7rp4r
    @user-rr8jv7rp4r4 ай бұрын

    How spiders will save capitalism...

  • @nomijoon
    @nomijoon4 ай бұрын

    Unethicalllllll silk

  • @cloudzack1090
    @cloudzack10904 ай бұрын

    Wow vice, that kirkpatrick article is a fucking sham, unsubbed.

  • @savethejungle1789
    @savethejungle17894 ай бұрын

    Maybe they can save Palestine?

  • @90soldier
    @90soldier3 ай бұрын

    I dont care....but whos this beautiful girl ?😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰

  • @donitomojito5295
    @donitomojito52954 ай бұрын

    I love spiders lol.