Moon Parka: Outerwear Made from Synthetic Spider Silk

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Post by ph0rque » Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 12:20 PM UTC

Moon Parka: Outerwear Made from Synthetic Spider Silk
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Re: Moon Parka: Outerwear Made from Synthetic Spider Silk

#2

Post by mcphage » Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 2:13 PM UTC

How much will it cost? I didn't see a price, but I know it will be high...

Re: Moon Parka: Outerwear Made from Synthetic Spider Silk

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Post by dimlyaware » Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 2:15 PM UTC

Interesting, confused as to why weather wear is where it ended up? It doesn't seem to talk much about insulation or any of the keep warm themes just general strength.

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Post by HCIdivision17 » Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 2:16 PM UTC

I remember seeing a video as a kid of a spider silk blanket flattening a bullet shot at it. Is this parka as puncture resistant?

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Post by hyperbovine » Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 2:18 PM UTC

mcphage wrote: post #2

How much will it cost? I didn't see a price, but I know it will be high...

Enough to guarantee that it will be used almost exclusively to shield people from the elements on the walk to and from the tech bus / subway into lower Manhattan.

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Post by jdhawk » Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 2:39 PM UTC

dimlyaware wrote: post #3

Interesting, confused as to why weather wear is where it ended up? It doesn't seem to talk much about insulation or any of the keep warm themes just general strength.

The purpose of the outer shell of a Parka is to lightly and durably contain the insulating material and offer some wind resistance.

I'm not sure on the weight of the resulting fabric, but if its in the realm of existing nylon shells and offers greater durability, its a massive win.

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Post by anon4 » Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 2:47 PM UTC

hyperbovine wrote: post #5

mcphage wrote: post #2

How much will it cost? I didn't see a price, but I know it will be high...

Enough to guarantee that it will be used almost exclusively to shield people from the elements on the walk to and from the tech bus / subway into lower Manhattan.

Hey! Some of us do go on hikes now and then :) .

Re: Moon Parka: Outerwear Made from Synthetic Spider Silk

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Post by Rubu » Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 2:53 PM UTC

mcphage wrote: post #2

How much will it cost? I didn't see a price, but I know it will be high...

Google translate is not doing a super job with the website [0], but from what I can gather the price of the material is now down to about $100/kg. Not sure how that translates to a parka but I'm sure it won't be cheap.

[0] https://www.spiber.jp/endeavor?section=3

Re: Moon Parka: Outerwear Made from Synthetic Spider Silk

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Post by coldcode » Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 3:17 PM UTC

I'm assuming it's not sticky, otherwise you'd be covered in flies as you walked around.

Re: Moon Parka: Outerwear Made from Synthetic Spider Silk

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Post by dimlyaware » Wed, Oct 28, 2015, 3:24 PM UTC

jdhawk wrote: post #6

dimlyaware wrote: post #3

Interesting, confused as to why weather wear is where it ended up? It doesn't seem to talk much about insulation or any of the keep warm themes just general strength.

The purpose of the outer shell of a Parka is to lightly and durably contain the insulating material and offer some wind resistance. I'm not sure on the weight of the resulting fabric, but if its in the realm of existing nylon shells and offers greater durability, its a massive win.

ah - so it's possible that the reasoning behind this is the low weight mixed with its huge strength/durability gains?