The Spiderman Technology - Vision or Nonsense? | Thomas Scheibel | TEDxMünchen

What if Spiderman's superpower becomes reality? Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheibel explains how they succeeded in producing biotec spidersilk for such diverse items as shoes, cosmetics or medical implants. Good for us and good for the planet. Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheibel is professor for biomaterials at the University of Bayreuth, Germany and co-founder of the biotech company AMSilk. His interdisciplinary research focuses on biogenic materials. He is mostly known for his work on spider silk. We’re excited to hear his view on Spiderman and how artificial spider silk can improve our daily life at the TEDxMünchen 2017. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx