Biomimetics (the transfer of functional principals from living systems into designs) is a rapidly growing field of research. Nevertheless, gauging how useful it has been as a tool for developing new products and technologies is difficult, as the field is currently ill defined and real, tangible outputs have so far been few. Moreover, it is…
DetailsNew podcast is out: Spider silk special!Spider silk is one of the toughest materials on earth – it’s super light, durable and sustainable. Is spider silk the raw material for clothes and protective gear of the future? Cat chats to Dr Sean Blamires whose research explores ways to harness the spider silk’s special features for…
DetailsOur collaborator Patricia Flanagan has created a YouTube post to promote the ‘Cognitive Textiles’ project, which the SSRL is really enthusiastic about being involved with.
See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTE6fAVXWV0
On Monday April 6 Scientists from the Department of Defence Science and Technology (https://www.dst.defence.gov.au/) was scheduled to visit our UNSW Facilities and personnel to initiate discussions on new spider silk initiatives with a focus on Defence. A full day of talks (by Sean Blamires, Patrick Spicer, Patricia Flanagan, Sean Li and others) and visits to…
DetailsSean Blamires recently chatted with Engineered Matter Labs (website: eml.pubpub.org) about spider silk research and products. Here is the youtube video link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBA-mkW7VRo
Work at the spider silk research lab was featured in an article in the August Fibre2Fashion magazine (see page 76: https://online.fliphtml5.com/wokmg/hbbs/?fbclid=IwAR04-q2VQLDDi6-_PBR9PqqfhhSYkEcdulcYapnFQKVsC0kabYMkoKMjAkA#p=76).
In it Sean Blamires discusses his initial interests in spider silk research, the current and future applications of new technologies and even how the concept of the Spider Silk Research Lab came about.
