Today was the day where I’ve been living up to for these past few months. My first batch of ‘bulletproof’ skin is ready to be destroyed, to be murdered in cold blood. Sentenced to death, executed by firing squad.
It’s time to introduce my living warm [...]
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Growing human skincells on the spidersilk matrix for the DA4GA project 2.6g 329m/s:
I am pretty sure the bulletproof spidersilk matrix is in good hands with Dr. Abdoel El Ghalbzouri from the dermatology department of the LUMC. The textile has been sterilized [...]
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Today I met with Prof. Kees Tenssen, head of the LUMC dermatology department, who I contacted by email about the DA4GA project 2.6g 329m/s and who was really interested in knowing more about the project and his colleague Dr. Abdoel El Ghalbzouri whose expertise is in vitro skin models.
They showed [...]
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Ok I’ve made it past the first round for the DA4GA-awards with my project proposal for 2.6g 329m/s, and I got teamed up with a great partner Marcel Piët (left on the picture) from the Forensic Genomics Consortium Netherlands who shares the same vision [...]
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the name of this project, the performance standard for bulletproof vests.
2.6g 329m/s are the maximum weight and velocity of a .22 calibre Long Rifle bullet from which a Type 1 bulletproof vest should protect you.
Spider silk thread is relatively much stronger than steel and [...]
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