Spinning those bridges with the webs

When we were small and were mendling with those insects hanging on the roof tops, little did we know that they could be harmful too. Those hooting sounds,that sticky webs of spiders, sometimes it seems irritating. Usually we seem to curse those small things or even think why they were here along with us. Little did we know the potential of those small insects.

The one thing that caught my point is the strength of the spider web, a special species of spider to be specific,major-ampullate (dragline) silk to be pretty more specific.

MY IDEA.

Many of you might heard that the web of the spider is stronger than the steel. It may be used in the bullet proof jackets and other such things. But my idea is little different. We culture the silk worm to get silk out of it. Why can't we culture these little "pests" ???

• We can culture these little ones and take out their  precious possession, well simply called web.
• Then it can be spun into little threads and made into little wires.
• So these can be used be in the same way as steel.
• These can be used in place of steel bolts and steel rods.
• Small cracks in the screws, sheets and rods can be easily treated. The spider can be allowed to spin its web on the cracked part. Since the web is as hard as the steel itself replacing the part is not necessary now.
• Just like that of the silk worm, the silk from the spider can also be artificially made.
• Then we can use these silk to construct even bridges and tunnels as the strength of the spider's web is much greater than that of the steel.

Drawback.

       The web of the spider is sticky in nature. Till now we didn't find out a substance which would remove the sticky nature of this web. So till then it will be dream coming true.........

~SKC
Student @ VIT University, Vellore