Dispensary Corner 23 Aug 11
August 23, 2011
A RESEARCHER in the USA has
come up with a new form of
artificial skin which is claimed to
be able to stop bullets.
Randy Lewis from Utah State
University has developed a
commercially viable way to
manufacture super strong fibres,
using special silkworms genetically
modified with spider genes.
An initial proof of concept
involved a collaboration with
Dutch artist Jalila Essaidi who
created a bulletproof fabric
woven from human skin cells and
the modified silk.
Although the artwork was able
to stop bullets, Lewis said he
“doesn’t see that as a tremendous
application at the moment,” with
the new technology instead
targeting the regrowth of
damaged tendons and ligaments.
THE latest alternative health
therapy in Indonesia involves lying
across train tracks.
Normally thought of as a highly
hazardous activity, a growing
number of Jakarta citizens have
taken to lying across a particular
junction, claiming that a mild
current passing through their
body helps with pain.
Anecdotal evidence from some
of the “patients” indicates several
miraculous cures - but the
‘therapy’ isn’t so helpful for
railway officials who are having
difficulty keeping the trains
running to time.
There haven’t been any
accidents yet, but “this activity is
very dangerous for them,”
according to the stationmaster at
nearby Rawa Buaya station.
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