6,500 Silk Worms Spin One Heck Of A Cloud
Honestly , it seems like silk pajamas are on a downswing in popularity . Which is a damnshame . But theMediated MatterResearch Group ( part of the MIT Media Lab ) recently put thousand of silkworms to work on an architectural project that combines the worms ’ rude talent with computer modeling . https://gizmodo.com/silk-natures-homespun-supermaterial-5994648 Silk Pavilionconsists of 26 silk polygons which act as the construction of the piece . Made of silk thread laid by a Computer - Numerically Controlled ( CNC ) machine , the polygons were a guide on which to localise 6,500 silkworms which give rise natural , unprocessed silk patches ....