Now showing
Fiorenzo Omenetto: Silk, the ancient material of the future
About this film
Fiorenzo Omenetto shares 20+ astonishing new uses for silk, one of nature's most elegant materials -- in transmitting light, improving sustainability, adding strength and making medical leaps and bounds. On stage, he shows a few intriguing items made of the versatile stuff.
Directors & creators
TED.com
Subjects
TEDTalks, TED2011, TED, Talks, biology, biomimicry, design, green, invention, life, medicine, science, technology, 2011
More from this pool