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Ok, I will start off.

do you think a web fluid will or could ever be invented? and if so do you think it would be able to work in the same way Spidey uses it ? so compact and strong?

Don't we already have a thread like this?

dunno...do we?

Originally posted by ScarletSpeed
Ok, I will start off.

do you think a web fluid will or could ever be invented? and if so do you think it would be able to work in the same way Spidey uses it ? so compact and strong?

I suppose it's possible. You should see some of the non-lethal deterrants people are developing for crowd control.

if i understand it correctly, the web in the cartridges is fluid, but becomes an elastic solid when it's shot out. that's the general opposite of how things work in our world, with most compressed liquids becoming a misty gas/liquid. i suppose the unique properties of the fluid itself could attribute to that, but the sheer expansion of the relatively small amount of liquid to the large mass of solid webbing seems impossible. also, how does the nozzle of the shooters not become clogged when the fluid's oxidized?

if anything similar were to be invented it'd likely not be in nearly the same proportions or with the same properties. but i suppose with he recent ridiculous advances in our sciences, it's within the realm of possibility.

Originally posted by Endless Mike
I suppose it's possible. You should see some of the non-lethal deterrants people are developing for crowd control.

Yeah, those bastards have the best stuff


Originally posted by Disappear
if i understand it correctly, the web in the cartridges is fluid, but becomes an elastic solid when it's shot out. that's the general opposite of how things work in our world, with most compressed liquids becoming a misty gas/liquid. i suppose the unique properties of the fluid itself could attribute to that, but the sheer expansion of the relatively small amount of liquid to the large mass of solid webbing seems impossible. also, how does the nozzle of the shooters not become clogged when the fluid's oxidized?

if anything similar were to be invented it'd likely not be in nearly the same proportions or with the same properties. but i suppose with he recent ridiculous advances in our sciences, it's within the realm of possibility.

So basically right now we are no way capable of making a "web shooter",well at least not so small for the amount of web that comes out.
but maybe in the future we shall see

if they could cleanly combine silly string with super glue with the volumetric difference between in-bottle and out-of-bottle found in most aerosol cans, maybe we could. seems unlikely.

Silly String PWNS


OK so what's next?


how about the metals....Vibranium and Adamantium?

could we ever have such strong and durable metals?

A physics thread about comics.



Also, there was a thread about this already, discussing what might be possible from comics in the real world.

A cookie to whoever digs it up.

Originally posted by ScarletSpeed
Ok, I will start off.

do you think a web fluid will or could ever be invented? and if so do you think it would be able to work in the same way Spidey uses it ? so compact and strong?
You should read up on Golden Orb Web Spider.
http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/inverts/nephila.htm

And spider silk
http://www.earthlife.net/chelicerata/silk.html


The problem I have heard, is that its simply impractical . Come up with a substance that solidifies upon air contact, sticks and holds the weight of an average Joe is a task. But make it compact like the web shooters cartridges, and mandible enough for routine exercise is vary unreasonable.

Originally posted by DigiMark007
A physics thread about comics.



Also, there was a thread about this already, discussing what might be possible from comics in the real world.

A cookie to whoever digs it up. You give away a lot of cookies Digi

http://www.killermovies.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=359700&pagenumber=1

I'll take mine as a sugar cookie please

Originally posted by id369
You should read up on Golden Orb Web Spider.
http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/inverts/nephila.htm

And spider silk
http://www.earthlife.net/chelicerata/silk.html


The problem I have heard, is that its simply impractical . Come up with a substance that solidifies upon air contact, sticks and holds the weight of an average Joe is a task. But make it compact like the web shooters cartridges, and mandible enough for routine exercise is vary unreasonable. Well yeah it highly impractical for a few reasons.

solidifying in air isn't as a big as problem as people think. Spiders do it with their silk. The big problem is making something strong that can be of practical use. Most silk that can be made from it is easy to tear, takes a lot to produce and is just generally a pain in the butt to try and make practical.

Originally posted by Newjak
You give away a lot of cookies Digi

http://www.killermovies.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=359700&pagenumber=1

I'll take mine as a sugar cookie please

Gives Newjak some sugar....



....cookies.

shifty

Anyway, yeah, use that one.