Nature's Fiber

[Greg Bernhardt]

How cool is this!?

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/08/21/natural.fiberoptics.ap/index.html

[BiologyForums]

I say it's Hell-A-Cool!

Here's the quote on that page:

We can draw it on paper and think about engineering it but we're in the stone age compared to nature. -- Geri Richmond

Well, nature doesn't need funding now does it?

[LURCH]

That's pretty amazing alright. I wonder how these fibers would compare with the fur on a polar bear for flexability, durability, optical properties, etc.

[Ivan Seeking]

...what a few million years of evolution will do. Amazing!