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Rather apparent to decipher...
KBLB announced the potentiated contract and was unable to deliver.
At first glance, it appeared the deal was going "south," when the proposed $250k obligation from Kings wasn't delivered.
It is what it is...
FAILURE TO DELIVER ON BOTH ENDS...
One had the funds but didn't...
The other couldn't produce, in order to benefit from the aforementioned contract.
KBLB continues to remind the public at large, the exchange they are on.
If continuous purchasing is your thing, by all means continue.
The valuation quantitive is "artificial" anyway.
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It appears the "effort" has been abandoned yet is allowed to continuously operate via
donating to the Community Faucet...
Go figure.
Not if the share price was "artificially inflated" in the first place.
KBLB generated the "list o' competitors" and continuously leaves it on their official website...
The "bell" tolls for them....
PROMOTING COMPETITORS ON THEIR OWN SITE & IN SEC FILINGS
Come now. Anyone who has followed this board for any period of time knows specific parties and posters have gone to great lengths to promote anyone they think might impede KBLB’s market.
The company that has been spoken of the most as a competitor, has been SPIBER...
So feel free to rain on Bolt's parade, as no one has been talking about them since their initial decision to restructure.
At least they made it onto the NASDAQ exchange on their first try....
KBLB on the other hand.... 😲
There's no propping up that epic failure. Their rapid decline is on display daily! The market has spoken loudly about how it feels for "Goo!
Keep touting them, though
It was 6 months since you've posted about Bolt Threads.
LINK REGARDING BOLT'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO GO PUBLIC
Yet some act as if the conversation was constantly ongoing....
KBLB shareholders need to thank their lucky stars the NASDAQ Committee decided against KBLB;s inclusion to their exchange.
ANNOUNCING THE CONTINUATION OF SPIBER’S PARTNERSHIP WITH CONSINEE GROUP
SEPTEMBER 09, 2024
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Spiber is proud to announce the continuation of its successful partnership with Consinee Group, a global leader in the development of premium yarns for luxury knitwear and woven garments.
Begun in 2023, this pioneering collaboration has allowed the two companies to explore new possibilities by combining Spiber’s Brewed Protein™ fiber with Consinee’s renowned expertise in spinning high-quality yarns.
This partnership underscores a shared commitment to advancing the textile industry with innovative and sustainable solutions tailored for the world’s leading brands.
The partnership has yielded promising results, with several innovative yarns now available for sale.
These yarns, which are composed of between 30% to 100% Brewed Protein™ fiber, are suitable for knitwear applications.
Details can be found here.
No explanation but "look folks; we have another one."
To boot, they don't even show proof.. 😞
THE KBLB WAY
That is a bunch of nonsense.
Back in 2019, they had a factory that was supposed to be able to produce up 40 metric tons per year, yet mysteriously they got rid of that facility. (I wonder why? Could it be that it gives the Douchebag CEO a reboot and another year to "ramp things up" and "double production"?).
It is now 5 years later, and still NO metric tonnage and NO revenue during that entire time....
"The Company expects that its factory will have capacity to produce more than 8 metric tons of its specialized silk in 2020, with a total capacity of roughly 40 metric tons per year, once fully utilized."
VIETNAM DEATH TOLL RISES TO 59 IN TYPHOON YAGI AFTERMATH, AS BRIDGE COLLAPSES AND FLOODS SWEEP BUS AWAY
Published 7:33 AM EDT, Mon September 9, 2024
CNN
This aerial view shows the collapsed Phong Chau Bridge over the Red River in Vietnam's Phu Tho province on September 9, 2024. AFP/Getty Images
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A bridge collapsed and a bus was swept away by flooding Monday as more rain fell following a typhoon in Vietnam, causing at least 59 deaths, and disrupting businesses and factories in the export-focused northern industrial hubs, state media reported.
Nine people died when Typhoon Yagi made landfall in Vietnam on Saturday before weakening to a tropical depression, and at least 50 others have died in the consequent floods and landslides, state media VnExpress reported. The water levels of several rivers in northern Vietnam were dangerously high.
A passenger bus carrying 20 people was swept into a flooded stream by a landslide in mountainous Cao Bang province Monday morning. Rescuers were deployed but landslides blocked their path.
In Phu Tho province, rescue operations were continuing after a steel bridge over the engorged Red River collapsed Monday morning. Reports said 10 cars and trucks along with two motorbikes fell into the river. Three people were pulled out of the river and taken to the hospital, but 13 others were missing.
Pham Truong Son, 50, told VnExpress that he was driving on the bridge on his motorcycle when he heard a loud noise. Before he knew what was happening, he was falling into the river. “I felt like I was drowned to the bottom of the river,” Son told the newspaper, adding that he managed to swim and hold on to a drifting banana tree to stay afloat before he was rescued.
A flooded street in Trang Dinh district, Lang Son province, on September 9, 2024, after Typhoon Yagi swept through the country's north. Thu Huong/AFP/Getty Images
A man rides his motorbike past fallen trees on September 8, 2024 after Typhoon Yagi hit Hanoi. AFP/Getty Images
Dozens of businesses in Haiphong province hadn’t resumed production by Monday because of the extensive damage to their factories, reported state media Lao Dong newspaper. The report said that the roofs of several factories were blown apart while water had seeped into industrial units, damaging finished goods and expensive equipment. Some companies said they still didn’t have electricity on Monday and that it would take at least a month to be able to resume production.
Toppled electricity poles meant that Haiphong and Quang Ninh provinces were still without power on Monday. The two provinces are industrial hubs, housing many factories that export goods, including EV maker VinFast and Apple suppliers Pegatrong and USI. Authorities are still assessing the damage to industrial units but initial estimates show that nearly 100 enterprises were damaged by the typhoon, resulting in losses amounting to millions of dollars, reported the newspaper.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited Haiphong city on Sunday and approved a package of $4.62 million to help the port city recover.
Typhoon Yagi was the strongest typhoon to hit Vietnam in decades when it made landfall Saturday with winds up to 149 kph (92 mph). It weakened Sunday, but the country’s meteorological agency warned the continuing downpours could cause floods and landslides.
On Sunday, a landslide killed six people including an infant and injured nine others in Sa Pa town, a popular trekking base known for its terraced rice fields and mountains. Overall, state media reported 21 deaths and at least 299 people injured from the weekend.
A man checks his damaged boat on September 8, 2024, after Typhoon Yagi hit Ha Long Bay, in Quang Ninh province. Nhac Nguyen/AFP/Getty Images
Skies were overcast in the capital, Hanoi, with occasional rain Monday morning as workers cleared the uprooted trees, fallen billboards and toppled electricity poles. Heavy rain continued in northwestern Vietnam and forecasters said it could exceed 40 centimeters (15 inches) in places.
Yagi also damaged agricultural land where rice is mostly grown.
Before hitting Vietnam, Yagi caused at least 20 deaths in the Philippines last week and four deaths in southern China.
Chinese authorities said infrastructure losses across the Hainan island province amounted to $102 million with 57,000 houses collapsed or damaged, power and water outages and roads damaged or impassable due to fallen trees. Yagi made a second landfall in Guangdong, a mainland province neighboring Hainan, on Friday night.
Storms like Typhoon Yagi are “getting stronger due to climate change, primarily because warmer ocean waters provide more energy to fuel the storms, leading to increased wind speeds and heavier rainfall,” said Benjamin Horton, director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore.
STERNBERG RELEASES PRODUCTS FEATURING BREWED PROTEIN™ FIBERS FOR THE FIRST TIME
September 04, 2024
On September 4, 2024, STERNBERG, operated by Adastria Co., Ltd., started accepting pre-orders for two items—a down jacket and a T-shirt—featuring Spiber’s Brewed Protein™ fibers.
From its inception, STERNBERG has cherished the philosophy of “creating only what’s necessary”, focusing on producing unisex products. The shared vision for a sustainable future between STERNBERG and Spiber’s innovative material made this collaboration a natural fit.
Details can be found here. (Japanese only)
Just like SSM, all over again.
UNLEASHING THE POWER OF SILK-BASED PROTEINS AS BIOMATERIALS FOR CUTTING-EDGE DRUG DELIVERY: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
BY Vishal Kumar Parida, Kavita, Rashmi Arora & Teenu Sharma
Received Jul 09, 2024, Accepted Aug 19, 2024, Published online: Sep 04, 2024
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ABSTRACT
Silk proteins, viz., sericin, fibroin and their modified forms etc., have been thoroughly researched as natural biopolymers for the development of varied nanomaterials exhibiting diverse biomedical applications. The silk proteins are extracted from the cocoons by degumming and treatment with soaps, followed by dissolution and dialysis against water.
These proteins exhibit distinct mechanical and physicochemical characteristics including biocompatibility, controlled biodegradability, self-assembling traits, chemical modifiability, and adaptability, thus making it an ideal drug delivery vehicle.
In this regard, silk protein-derived drug delivery systems have been reported as efficient carrier to encapsulate and stabilize the wide variety of pharmacological molecules, enzymes, proteins, vaccines, and even DNA, allowing them to remain active for a longer period of time. Further, different delivery carriers researched employing these proteins for multitude of applications include hydrogels, sponges, fibres, scaffolds and particulate delivery systems.
Additionally, the chemical modification of silk proteins has further opened avenues for development of other modified silk proteins with improved physicochemical traits and hence exhibiting enormous potential in development of varied bioenhanced carrier systems. The current article thus provides the holistic information of characteristics, types of silk protein-based delivery carriers, and their fabrication techniques, while emphasizing the applications of different silk proteins in biomedicine and drug delivery.
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OVEREXPRESSED ARTIFICIAL SPIDROIN BASED MICRONEEDLE SPINNERET FOR 3D AIR SPINNING OF HYBRID SPIDER SILK
September 2, 2024
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ABSTRACT
Efforts have been devoted to developing strategies for converting spider silk proteins (spidroins) into functional silk materials. However, studies mimicking the exact natural spinning process of spiders encounter arduous challenges.
In this paper, consistent with the natural spinning process of spiders, we report a high-efficient spinning strategy that enables the mass preparation of multifunctional artificial spider silk at different scales.
By simulating the structural stability mechanism of the cross-ß-spine of the amyloid polypeptide by computer dynamics, we designed and obtained an artificial amyloid spidroin with a significantly increased yield (13.5 g/L). Using the obtained artificial amyloid spidroin, we fabricated artificial spiders with artificial spinning glands (hollow MNs).
Notably, by combining artificial spiders with 3D printing, we perform patterned air spinning at the macro- and microscales, and the resulting patterned artificial spider silk has excellent pump-free liquid flow and conductive and frictional electrical properties.
Based on these findings, we used macroscale artificial spider silk to treat rheumatoid arthritis in mice and micro artificial spider silk to prepare wound dressings for diabetic mice.
We believe that artificial spider silk based on an exact spinning strategy will provide a high-efficient way to construct and modulate the next generation of smart materials.
AMSILK JOINS WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM'S GLOBAL INNOVATORS COMMUNITY
PR Newswire
Tue, Sep 3, 2024, 3:30 AM EDT
NEURIED, Germany, Sept. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- AMSilk GmbH ("AMSilk"), a global leader in advanced biomaterials made from spider silk-based proteins, today announces it has been invited to join the World Economic Forum's Global Innovators Community.
The Global Innovators Community, an invite-only initiative, was established in 2019 to bring together companies making strides to innovate and contribute meaningfully to solving the key issues faced by people and the planet. By being selected as a Global Innovator, AMSilk cements its status as one of the most promising growth-stage companies at the forefront of innovation in its industry.
Ulrich Scherbel, Chief Executive Officer of AMSilk, commented: "Being invited to join the World Economic Forum's Global Innovators Community stands as testament to our status as a global leader in advanced biomaterials. We look forward to continuing to demonstrate our commitment to innovation, industrial biotechnology and the advancement of the bioeconomy by contributing to the Forum's important work and initiatives."
Verena Kuhn, Head of the Global Innovators Community, World Economic Forum, said: "The World Economic Forum is pleased to welcome AMSilk to our Global Innovators Community. We are looking forward to the team's engagement in our bioeconomy initiative, where AMSilk will work with other global leaders to accelerate the global transition of the tech-driven bioeconomy into the commercial mainstream."
AMSilk is at the forefront of innovation in advanced biomaterials. Inspired by spider silk-based proteins, AMSilk produces high-performance materials that can be used in a variety of formulations, including fibers, yarns and hydrogels, for a range of applications across textile, homecare and the automobile industries.
AMSilk recently demonstrated the environmental promise of its technology through an independent 'Cradle to Gate' Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), conducted by Quantis, which verified the environmental superiority of its Ultrafine Fiber compared to mulberry silk.
With its strong environmental credentials and a record of collaborations with industry-leading global companies, AMSilk is primed to connect with fellow leaders in the Global Innovators Community to solve key issues for the future of the planet.
As a member of the Global Innovators Community, AMSilk will participate in two high-profile events later this year. The first, the Special Meeting of the Innovator Communities, includes a private session with Jörg Kukies, State Secretary, Federal Chancellery of Germany which will focus on pivotal topics shaping the future of innovation and technology.
In December, the Annual Meeting of the Innovator Communities will be held in New York, USA, where CEOs from the Unicorn, Global Innovator, and Technology Pioneer communities will gather to network, workshop, and discuss the latest challenges and developments in their fields.
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--You already have a mass-production plant in operation and are gradually bringing your materials to apparel and other products, but you still only consider yourself to be at the starting line.
Sekiyama (SPIBER): That is correct. You can build a factory, but obviously, the capacity utilization rate will not be very high at the beginning.
It's a process of trial and error. Only when you reach 100 or 1,000 times the scale of an experimental plant do you begin to see problems. While you're doing that, you also need to make steady, incremental improvements in efficiency and productivity.
It is difficult to calculate costs, or rather, if you do it the regular way, you end up with an unbelievably high number. (Laughs).
--In Europe, there was a startup called Renewcell that recycled cotton from old clothing into cellulose, but it went bankrupt. The company was widely praised for its ability to improve the sustainability of fashion, but it ultimately had problems building a supply chain that could manufacture thread and fabric from its materials. Is this relevant to your situation?
Sekiyama (SPIBER): Yes, I can understand the difficulties they encountered. Simply put, it is extraordinarily difficult for a startup to bring a completely new material to the public and have it accepted. It's a “chicken and egg” problem.
For example, if you mass-produce on a large scale and try to land orders, you will need to confirm QCD (quality, cost, delivery). But confirming QCD means that you have to build your own factory, put it in operation and actually mass-produce. This requires an enormous amount of investment.
But when you ask financial institutions and investors for the money, they are usually not inclined to say yes unless you have the orders confirmed in advance.
In other words, you need to test mass-production to win orders, and you need investment in order to test mass-production, but you need orders to get investment.
So you are in this situation where there is nowhere to turn and your cash flow becomes difficult. This is not limited to fibers and threads; it happens to all startups in materials and manufacturing.
Facts matter! 🤫
So there you have it.
So?
“Protein Revolution #1”
by Kazuhide Sekiyama (Spiber)
The Institute for Advanced Biosciences at Keio University opened here in 2001, recruited by the city of Tsuruoka in Yamagata. It researches and develops leading-age biotechnology, and its discoveries have already resulted in a number of bio ventures.
Spiber is one of them. It was established in 2007 by Kazuhide Sekiyama and his colleagues. At the time, Sekiyama was a member of the Institute working on a doctorate.
During his tenure, he began to research artificial synthesis of spider silk, which eventually led to the analysis and design of protein DNA, focusing on a number of different functions. Using microbial fermentation, Sekiyama became the first in the world to successfully mass-produce artificial protein material, which he dubbed “Brewed Protein.”
He continues to perform cutting edge research at Tsuruoka, but has also taken the first step toward commercialization with the mass production of the polymers that serve as raw materials for these fibers at a plant in Rayong, Thailand that opened in 2022.
Preparations are now underway for the construction of a larger plant in the United States. Despite these achievements, Sekiyama declares that “we are still only at the starting line.” That is not just humility. He has a grand and clearly articulated objective that goes far beyond the fashion industry and the borders of Japan.
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What do you all think?
Gotta first get off the "side-walk."
We headed to da moon dis weak?
Sure it does...
If you go to the LINK:
To test the material, the team then spun these larger proteins into fibers that measured about one-tenth the diameter of a human hair.
The researchers report that the material was able to match natural spider silk in terms of tensile strength, toughness, extensibility and resistance to deformation.
Yeah but how do those proteins compare to REAL spidersilk proteins. They don’t say.
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BACTERIA BUILD STRONGER BIOSYNTHETIC SPIDER SILK, PROTEIN BY PROTEIN
By Michael Irving
August 22, 2018
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the first hurdle the team had to overcome was the fact that the bacteria can't handle sequences that get too big and chop them into smaller pieces. To deal with that, the researchers added a new short sequence to the silk DNA. This triggers a chemical reaction between proteins, allowing them to fuse together to create a larger protein.
The silk protein chains created by the team measure 556 kiloDaltons (kDa, an atomic unit of measurement).
That's longer than natural silk proteins that usually measure 370 kDa, and almost twice as long as other biosynthetic spider silk proteins that max out around 285 kDa.
I read something recently about bacteria not being able to spit out large enough proteins because the bacteria are so small. Trying to find the article again. Just another reason silkworm is the superior way to go.