From slime to sweater

Textiles are starting to become more technologically savvy. Computers are being put in dresses and elements like "sweat proof" are big selling points. However, Atsuko Negeshi, and others from the University of Guelph, are taking a different approach.

These researchers are trying to make hagfish slime into clothing textiles. A hagfish is a bottom-dwelling, eel-like creature. When threatened, they produce a slime that contains mucous and tens of thousands of protein threads.

 



















According to John Roach at NBC News, the protein threads rival that of spider silk, which can create a very strong thread. Hagfish slime could be more efficient because it is likely they can be "farmed". Spiders do not have this capability.

To see more about this, watch this video. An article was also published about the idea of creating fibers and films out of this slime.

So what do you think? Would you wear something that was made out of slime?