Not only is the material made from water, sugar and heat instead of oil (compared to synthetic fabrics), but it also comes from a known genetically encoded temp

Not only is the material made from water, sugar and heat instead of oil (compared to synthetic fabrics), but it also comes from a known genetically encoded template. That genetic template can be varied by an atom here or an atom here with the the flip of a genetic bit. It can even encode additional biological functionality into the fabric itself. Recombinant silk is a pretty cool platform upon which an entire industry can rationally and rapidly tune the properties of new fabrics. Play with the protein, ADF3, orb-weaver dragline silk https://serotiny.bio/notes/proteins/adf3/ https://serotiny.bio/notes/proteins/adf3/ from Dan's original paper: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1038/msb.2009.62/full http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1038/msb.2009.62/full