A company called Kraig Biocraft Labs has been able to develop a new fabric called Dragon Silk that is a very strong, bulletproof material. Their product takes advantage of the sturdy proteins of spider webbing in order to fortify silk that is then used to create a “super silk” that is then woven into a bulletproof product. Researchers at Utah State University looked to take advantage of the flexible and stretchy capabilities of the spider webbing while still remaining as strong as steel. Their only issue was trying to figure out how to produce the webbing at a high enough capacity since spiders only spin for egg sacs and webs. Instead, they were able to alter the DNA of silkworms to produce a silk that is as strong as spider webs and have started to create their armor. Currently, the Dragon Silk has been proven to stop a slow-moving .22 caliber bullet and now the company has started to produce panels of this product for the United States Army.
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