I remember being around 7-8 years old when I first noticed there was a layer inside the shells of prawns and also crabs (that we used to cook at home a lot), and it was this thin, transparent layer that was a little bit like our nails, but more flexible. And I remember, so distinctly, thinking to myself: is that plastic? is this where plastic comes from? Obviously, it was not plastic. It was some kind of cuticle layer as this video mentions, but the texture and appearance was remarkably similar to plastic. Years later, as a designer, while attending a seminar on bio-mimicry I was reminded of this experience and I thought, someone should really look into shrimps and shellfish and figure out a way to make natural marine plastic. And now someone is actually doing it! Which is such huge validation for my kid self who noticed it all those years ago :)
You forgot that scientists a few years ago proposes a new biodegradable plastic or bioplastic by extracting chemical substances (fill me in on whats it called) found in marine algae. These algae composed plastics has similar texture to everyday plastic and it is infact vice versa to shrimp plastic upon contact to water. Overall, well explained video and love the narrator with his British accent!
A very promising alternative to plastics, lets just hope hope we see progress ending plastics while at the same time not destroying the silk and shrimp ecosystems to supply global demand.
Using this for biodegradable medical thread 🪡 for surgeries would be another alternative. As skin heals from surgery, the stitches from this material will disappear after the wound heals.
At medical use level, it is acceptable but replacing our plastic goods will devastating for shrimps and insects due to mass prodution and eventually lead to extinction.
I assume we'd breed the amount we needed, meaning the natural population numbers would be left untouched. I suppose it depends how easy and fast it is to breed shrimp...
@@naasikhendricks1501 yes it's expensive... But i live in coastal odisha, in india... Here we have thousands of acres of coastal area , where commercial prawn farming is done .. there are a lot of processing plants too... They remove the shell of 🦐 prawn and sell it to fish feed makers... I was thinking of using that material for chitosan production
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A series about biomimicry sounds great.
a biomimicry series would be very interesting
I'm hoping for something like this to replace plastic. Thanks to these scientists.
I love this channel man. Thank you for the great content
I remember being around 7-8 years old when I first noticed there was a layer inside the shells of prawns and also crabs (that we used to cook at home a lot), and it was this thin, transparent layer that was a little bit like our nails, but more flexible. And I remember, so distinctly, thinking to myself: is that plastic? is this where plastic comes from? Obviously, it was not plastic. It was some kind of cuticle layer as this video mentions, but the texture and appearance was remarkably similar to plastic. Years later, as a designer, while attending a seminar on bio-mimicry I was reminded of this experience and I thought, someone should really look into shrimps and shellfish and figure out a way to make natural marine plastic. And now someone is actually doing it! Which is such huge validation for my kid self who noticed it all those years ago :)
Stupid question here!
Can we make, Spiderman web shooter with this material? I see a there's a liquid form for this material
You forgot that scientists a few years ago proposes a new biodegradable plastic or bioplastic by extracting chemical substances (fill me in on whats it called) found in marine algae. These algae composed plastics has similar texture to everyday plastic and it is infact vice versa to shrimp plastic upon contact to water. Overall, well explained video and love the narrator with his British accent!
Really interesting material! Please make a series about biomimic. That would be fascinating.
Build in subtitle is better than concealable subtitle
Great content.
Yes i love and appreciate this type of research
A very promising alternative to plastics, lets just hope hope we see progress ending plastics while at the same time not destroying the silk and shrimp ecosystems to supply global demand.
I like your videos with subtitled
Wouldn't the shrimp population get affected if we mass produce this?
These are sourced from already dead shrimp. Plus Chitosan can be sourced from creatures other than shrimp.
Future is worth to be excited about.
That's a great name.
Using this for biodegradable medical thread 🪡 for surgeries would be another alternative. As skin heals from surgery, the stitches from this material will disappear after the wound heals.
Thanks for sharing!
I like your video! Thank you for that :-)
Thanks!
Biomimicry !!! yeeeess♥️
At medical use level, it is acceptable but replacing our plastic goods will devastating for shrimps and insects due to mass prodution and eventually lead to extinction.
I assume we'd breed the amount we needed, meaning the natural population numbers would be left untouched. I suppose it depends how easy and fast it is to breed shrimp...
@@jp9707 unless we get mecha shrimp that end up fking us up
Is chittin/chitosan based cast films water/oil proof ????
I want to use it on single disposable paper plates as barier material
Yes you can use it for that purpose. I would rather look at cellulose and Hemicellulose as structure materials. Chitosan is currently expensive.
@@naasikhendricks1501 yes it's expensive... But i live in coastal odisha, in india... Here we have thousands of acres of coastal area , where commercial prawn farming is done .. there are a lot of processing plants too... They remove the shell of 🦐 prawn and sell it to fish feed makers... I was thinking of using that material for chitosan production
Shark salva
No. You cannot.
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