Wednesday, May 20, 2015

May 20!

Today I was amazed to see how the silk is being made and that the old technique is still used today and highly valued. I also have learned that silk comes from cacoons. I thought it was very interesting that a specie of butterflies became extinct due to human exploitation of them. I hope people are more aware of conservation of organisms and their habitats today.  In the Lumiere Institute I was surprised to learn that the brothers have done so much more research and discoveries in other fields other than cinema. It was interesting to see the first type of a prosthetic hand built for soldiers built by one of the brothers.
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  1. Jessica ZemenMay 20, 2015 at 9:24 AM

    I agree that there should be a conservation for organism. I know this is the process they use, however I am sure there can be an invention to keep the string intact with out having to destroy the organism.

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  2. UnknownMay 20, 2015 at 9:49 AM

    It's not all about the worms though; I mean we were told in order to get that 1 kilometer of silk you have to end the silk worm otherwise you can't have a continuous strand. Although, I don't understand why multiple strands couldn't have just been woven together instead of killing the worms.

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    1. UnknownMay 20, 2015 at 1:47 PM

      I agree with David in the sense that humans were too impatient and greedy to let the single strand of silk be severed by the butterfly. Heaven forbid we implement more complicated technology to accommodate multiple strands of silk however the machines were complicated already. Very interesting and cool at the same time!

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  3. UnknownMay 20, 2015 at 3:16 PM

    I also agree that we should try to find a way to harvest silk without harming the worms/butterflies in the process, I know yarn can be spun from very short fibers, but that would not allow for the extremely fine, strong threads currently used to weave silk. I'm sure an idea will be developed, but it will probably be too late

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  4. UnknownMay 21, 2015 at 9:53 AM

    I agree about the Lumiere brothers. I didn't know how many other contributions they made to science. I found it really interesting to learn about their lives and how they always gave eachother equal credit rather than there being an underlying competition between them.

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