What do you get when you combine the strongest materials from the plant world with the most elastic ones from the insect kingdom? Super-performing materials that might transform ... everything. Nanobiotechnologist Oded Shoseyov walks us through examples of amazing materials found throughout nature, in everything from cat fleas to sequoia trees, and shows the creative ways his team is harnessing them in everything from sports shoes to medical implants. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector

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1. and i am sitting here in europe being like: "GMOs are bad,ok?!"
2. Okay this is interesting but i'm more like let nature take its course and do not intrude, so I hope this never happens sorry
3. What is the sugar called
4. An iphone that doesn't break? A transplant that works better than the original part? Has this guy not heard of planned obsolescence, how is it that he can't see that our leaders will not let this be? Also, i'm not so sure i have faith in this system to truly know how to make a heart that actually works better than the original cause i feel they think they know more than they actually do about what it is to have freewill and a soul as a human.
5. to dislike this u kinda have to hate humans.
6. so.. if i would replace every organ and fibre in my body with better and stronger materrials... would i still be me? or some kind of synthetic construct?
7. collagen come from dead?
8. but we are destroying nature in a rapid pace along with all its wisdoms
9. That is all very nice but how much is that going to cost?
10. We need to go back to basics to create something for the future :) sounds like a plan :P XD hahaha reminds me something .................. :P
11. very nice applauding
12. great, when he talked about Alibaba, immediately zoom in on the Asian woman.
13. is this irl flubber?
14. neat; thanks for sharing
15. why tobacco plant ??
16. Is this a repost?
17. Anyone else want to watch fluber after this video
18. How can so much coincidence spectular events? There is a creative course
19. So amazing!
20. The artwork for the thumbnail is amazing!