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Stronger Than Steel: Synthetic Spider Silk is Real

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Synthetic Spider Silk Available Soon to the Public

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Wow!: The worlds strongest gun couldn't even penetrate the plastic, the bullet got incased in the plastic.

Noteworthy: They found a type of plastic that is bulletproof, the bullets literally get incased in the plastic.

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WOW! plastic corn is weird but cool because its biodegradable.

Note worthy: You can make corn into plastic

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Wow!: Steel's iron carbon composition creates a material strong enough to support hundreds of pounds while flexible enough to be stretched into thin cables.

Noteworthy: The world devours over a billion tons of steel, that's enough to rebuild the Golden Gate Bridge 1200 times over.

I would recommend this video because there are lots of interesting facts.

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Noteworthy: You can eat the plastic made from corn! Imagine eating your plastic fork after eating your lunch!

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Noteworthy: Oil based plastic takes up 10% of the United States supply.

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Wow! i cant believe you can make anything out of steel.

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wow: people are trying to put spider genes into a silkworm

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Thats not how plastic is supposed to work

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Corn plastic, and people aren't using this more often why??

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Its amazing how this material can be stronger than steel but lighter than aluminum and turn a 30 mph car accident into a 5 mph ding, and this material is still considered a foam! This is innovational

I would recommend this video because it shows us that change can be a good thing and show us how we can solve our pollution problem.

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I would recommend this video. It was kind of funny and easy to understand.

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wow: if you crashed into something at 30 miles per hour with that material in you bumper, it would only feel like a 5 mile hit

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Noteworthy: The solution to the medical problem has always existed. I recommend this video because it shows how simple, everyday objects can solve huge problems.

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Note worthy: plastic can be very strong!

WOW! almost all of the bullets got stopped from plastic!

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Wow its strong enough to stop ied's
you should watch this because it shows the properties of steel.

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Wait space cities?

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Wow: Steel can stop bullets and be stretchy cables.

Noteworthy: a .50 caliber round can travel 4,000 feet per second. which shows how much modern guns have improved.

I would recommend this video because it is full of information about steel and it's effects on the world

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wow: glass is made from purified sand

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Wow!: Glass was first discovered when the Egyptians first made glass beads.

Noteworthy:  Glass in one of our most versatile materials.

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Corn plastic is edible! It can look almost jelly like.

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You have to layer it but it stopped it right in the center and was incased!!!!!!!!!

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This is amazing! These scientists are finding out how to create organs and find the exact density of blood vessels that the body has taken four billion years to find out. Scientifically....

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you should watch this video because it has cool facts about how people are trying to make artificial silk by putting spider genes into a silkworm!

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Artificial Spider silk comes from spider genes and e coli bacteria

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I am suprised that it becomes harder every time instead of weakening it.

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Noteworthy: The plastic stopped the bullet! The bullet was encased in plastic. It seemed like waves were coming out of where the bullet hit the plastic.

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Metal foam can help major car crashes to be only minor car crashes. They put evenly spaced metal spheres in this foam like stuff and compress it into a cube.

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wow! metal can be as strong as steel and as light as aluminum. noteworthy: spheres enhance the foam's strength.

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Wow! This was so cool. Who would have thought that you could use cotton candy as a mold for capillaries! You should watch this because something that you have probably eaten before can be used to change the medical world. Granted they no longer use cotton  candy as the mold it is still pretty cool. And just think someone thought that 'hey something else that has small fibers is cotton candy'. The video was super cool and intriguing.

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WOW! I had no idea this could even happen.

Note Worthy: Cotton candy fibers fit in there range of the fibers they needed!

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I would recommend this video because its so cool that there is bullet proof plastic! I usually think of plastic as easy to break but this plastic doesn't!

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I would recommend this video because it has some comedy and and it's interesting.  I like that they test it and I liked the results.

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wow: "a 30 mph crash and seem like a 5 mph fender bender."

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Wow the first plastic was made by a chemist in new york in 1860

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Thats interesting that cotton candy can help make capillaries

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Its crazy steel is not to hard to make into stuff and helps our army that much.

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wow Leo Baekland made plastic while mixing random things

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Wow an alloy can be used to change the color of the original metal

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wow every year the world uses more than a billion tons of steel.

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Plastic is really old and used plants.

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Wow! Who would think plastic would be that bullet resistant!

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I didn't know carbon fiber was used that much.

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WOW! It takes 1000 years for plastic to degrade thats a long time.

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Wow! Its super cool that scientists are making new materials based on nature.

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Wow

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glass is made out of sand

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Wow: This is both strong and light
Noteworthy: This would make cars so much safer AND IT WAS MADE IN 2011 WHERE IS THIS IRL

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Wow! A college student came up with the idea to try using cotton candy to make working capillaries.

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Wow! A college student made cotton candy to make capillaries.

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Nora-What I learned was that parts of plants was made into the first piece of plastic. A noteworthy fact is that Leo made something called "BAKELITE."

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it cool how they made the first plastic was made in 1860  

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it cool how they made the first plastic was made in 1860  

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Wow!: lighter than Aluminium
Fact: The sponge is filled with evenly spaced, hollow spheres linked by a matrix.

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Wow! I can't believe the first plastic was invented around 1860!

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Wow!: It's amazing that something so needed in your body can be made from candy.
Note Worthy: Cotton candy has the same density and make up as a capillary.
I would recommend this video because it is really cool how they make faux-capillaries out of cotton candy.

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I would recommend this because I really like the idea of using the cotton candy to replicate the capillaries. I never knew that cotton candy is as thick as capillaries.

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That's so cool that all the handguns they had on the grounds were all stopped by the plastic!

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Wow: A student found out that they might be able to make working capillaries out of cotton candy.
Note: Since this video is old we actually may be a lot closer to creating capillaries.

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Wow! This is really cool how you came make cotton candy into capillaries, and this got me wondering if this is true, in the future will we be able to replace old organs with new ones and grow to be much older than we have in the past.

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Wow! I cant believe that plastic was invented so long ago! 1860!

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Wow, John Hyatt made the 1st plastic in the 1860's

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WOWOWOOWOOWOWOOWOWOOwow I learned that Dr. Jason Spector came up with an idea to make capillaries out of cotton candy. A noteworthy fact is that cotton candy was a similar size to a capillaries so they got the idea to use it as a replica.

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Wow: They are using cotton candy in order to make capillaries
Noteworthy: A college student came up with this idea.

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Wow! I did not know that carbon fiber was used so much!

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WOW! how long ad how strong steel are to be able to stop bullets also it is made up of carbon and iron

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Wow: theses are extremely strong!
Noteworthy: Might be toxic

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Wow: Plastics were made a long time ago!
Noteworthy: Not all plastics are the same

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Wow! It is so amazing that the bullet was encased into the plastic!

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Wow: The first plastic was made in 1860, and they found the idea working with plant fibers.
Note: Not every plastic is made the same or works the same.

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Wow! - it is as hard as steel but lighter than aluminium
Note-worthy - it would make car crashes a lot more safe.

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Wow, a cotton candy machine made capillaries.

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Fact: There are over 200 million nano tubes in a tiny one inch area
Wow!: Its amazing how strong they can be even though they are so tiny

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Wow, steel can stop bullets if it is made right. Every year the world uses enough steel to make The Golden Gate bridge 12,000 times.

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Wow! The most amazing thing to me is how much some of us take steel for granite, not a lot of people realize that without steel than we should be able to win wars, or have cars, and have bridges that were only about 100 feet.

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Wow:  Steel can be use in anyway you want it to be.

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Wow:  Steel can be use in anyway you want it to be.

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Wow! The most amazing thing to me is that spider silk is 5 times stronger than steel and with enough time and resources we might in the future be able to swing like spider-man.

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WOW! I learned that polymers are long chain molecules.

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WOOWOOWOOWOWOWOOWOOWOWOWOOWwow I learned that spider silk is five times stronger than steal! A noteworthy fact is that Am cells take the protein powder and spin it into a fiber.

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Wow: Spider silk is much stronger than steel and other metals.
Note: The silk first starts out as a white protein powder.

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Wow!: Spider silk is actually five times more strong than steel!!
Fact: Am cells take the protein powder and spins it into fiber

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Wow! - they made there own spider silk and its 5 times stronger than steel
Fact - They start it with a powder and they then spin it into a fiber

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Wow: Spider silk is stronger than steel.
Noteworthy: Made from genetically modifying bacteria. A lot of trial and error in order to come across these results.

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wow! - there structure is like chicken wire
fact - they are really strong

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Wow!:The world uses billions of tons of steel.
Noteworthy:Water makes steel harden, while fire and heat makes it soften and malleable.
I would not recommend this video because it's a little boring.

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Wow!:Artificial Spider silk is stronger than steel.
Noteworthy:There are seven different types of spider silk.
I would recommend this video because it is cool how they can make faux-spider silk.

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wow! I had no idea that carbon fiber was made how it is.

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This is the best video and most informational because it has a good purpose and can help people.