silk. joleen kent paid them a visit. reporter: it s the stuff of hlly woodblock busters but in silicon valley art shl spider webs aren t just for hipstero. the cofound irs have figured out how to spend faux s, ilk. these stoods are nearly as trong as kef lar. producing a web of opportunities from fashion to silk to the front lines. the military is the next step. right for things that don t melt as well. but it took years of research and development. there s no effective way to farm silk from spiders.