TED Talks

Fiorenzo Omenetto: Silk, the ancient material of the future (2011x36)

Air date: May 10, 2011

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.