# Silk, the ancient material of the future

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2011
- Speaker: Fiorenzo Omenetto
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Earth and environment, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/fiorenzo_omenetto_silk_the_ancient_material_of_the_future)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Fiorenzo Omenetto shares 20+ astonishing new uses for silk, one of nature's most elegant materials -- in transmitting light, improving sustainability, adding strength and making medical leaps and bounds. On stage, he shows a few intriguing items made of the versatile stuff.

## Lectures

1. [Silk, the ancient material of the future](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/fiorenzo_omenetto_silk_the_ancient_material_of_the_future/3ebb58cf51bc), 10 min (TED's player)