Professor Shigeyoshi Osaki of the Nara Medical College (Nara Prefecture) of Japan has successfully built violin strings from spider silk.
Yellow Spider Nephila maculata.
This is the first strings in the world made from this special material.
Professor Osaki took the spider silk of a length of over 300 spiders, such as Nephila maculata and Spider Argiope amoena, which he kept in his home and laboratory.
After two years of hard work, he made three strings, each requiring about 10,000 spider silk threads.
According to Professor Osaki , the strings are made of spider silk softer and deeper than conventional strings.
Professor Osaki is a bio-polymer expert. He has been working on spider silk for over 30 years. Spider silk is a ' fiber of the future ' because of its extra elasticity as well as high heat and UV resistance.
Four years ago, he used to use a cord made of spider silk with a diameter of 3mm, which was able to hold a person weighing 66kg.