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    Default Bulletproof human skin made from spider silk and goat milk developed by scientists



    'Making science-fiction a reality': Bulletproof human skin made from spider silk and goat milk developed by researchers

    Researchers genetically engineered goats to produce milk packed with the same protein as silk spiders

    The protein is then milked out and spun and weaved into a material ten times stronger than steel
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    How is this "human skin" if its made from spider silk and goats milk? Neither of those things are human.

    I joke.

    But will this protect me from fires and explosions?

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    You're still gonna feel the pain from the bullet impact..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oisterboy View Post
    How is this "human skin" if its made from spider silk and goats milk? Neither of those things are human.

    I joke.

    But will this protect me from fires and explosions?
    YOU need to work on that tan sir.

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    are we 1 step closer to seeing something like Iron Man's version of a protective suit created from nanoparticles??

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    skin over skin it might not penetrate you will defenetly bruice your insides i find it useless....>_>>_>

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    Yeah I wonder how this works...pretty cool though.


    ‘This is possible by adding the silk producing genes of a spider to the gnome of a human: creating a bulletproof human.

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...#ixzz1VJ0FhtRQ
    o_o

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    I thought they did this ages ago when that guy made his bear suit.

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    Looks like a condom.

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