Welcome to SilkScreens.Weebly.Com!
This is the site for the Torrington High School's Science Club Student Innovation Expo bio-mimicry project. We are a club interested in science and we dedicate time to work in and outside of school.
As a group, we were inspired by the strength
and durability of spider silk.
The central idea behind our project is to apply the amazing properties of the Golden Orb
Spider's silk to solve one of the most common nuisances in modern society; the shattered smart phone screen.
Approximately 26% of Apple smart phones break within two years of ownership, leading to economic hardship on consumers. Our idea is to incorporate spider silk into the structure of the capacitive touchscreen, thereby increasing its durability and resistance to shock. We believe that by drawing from the innovations of the natural world, we can find solutions to such modern problems.
In addition to this, we are a group motivated
by a desire to protect the natural world. The shattering of smartphone screens is not only a nuisance but also an environmental issue, due to the fact that
phone boards and batteries contain toxic substances such as arsenic and cadmium. When phones are broken, many of these toxins wind up leaking into soil and groundwater, causing damage to our planet in the process. Not only do we hope to reduce this risk through our project, but as a group, we have instituted recycling programs around our school for old and unused electronics.
Our group was fortunate enough to have the chance to travel to Costa Rica and study the Golden Orb spider in its natural environment. We witnessed the amazing structures of their intricate webs and felt the elasticity and strength of the silk first hand. This trip helped us gain a more in-depth understanding of the project at hand, and helped us realize the vast potential and power behind biodiversity and the force of evolution.
As a group, we were inspired by the strength
and durability of spider silk.
The central idea behind our project is to apply the amazing properties of the Golden Orb
Spider's silk to solve one of the most common nuisances in modern society; the shattered smart phone screen.
Approximately 26% of Apple smart phones break within two years of ownership, leading to economic hardship on consumers. Our idea is to incorporate spider silk into the structure of the capacitive touchscreen, thereby increasing its durability and resistance to shock. We believe that by drawing from the innovations of the natural world, we can find solutions to such modern problems.
In addition to this, we are a group motivated
by a desire to protect the natural world. The shattering of smartphone screens is not only a nuisance but also an environmental issue, due to the fact that
phone boards and batteries contain toxic substances such as arsenic and cadmium. When phones are broken, many of these toxins wind up leaking into soil and groundwater, causing damage to our planet in the process. Not only do we hope to reduce this risk through our project, but as a group, we have instituted recycling programs around our school for old and unused electronics.
Our group was fortunate enough to have the chance to travel to Costa Rica and study the Golden Orb spider in its natural environment. We witnessed the amazing structures of their intricate webs and felt the elasticity and strength of the silk first hand. This trip helped us gain a more in-depth understanding of the project at hand, and helped us realize the vast potential and power behind biodiversity and the force of evolution.