Besides the luxurious look that silk wrappings forms, it may herald a new breed of electronics that melts away when not needed. This is seen as a chance to promote environmentally friendly devices for instance implants which breaks down naturally in the body.
Nanometers-thick devices with lifespans controlled precisely by an envelope of silk built to degrade at a certain rate has been created by a collaboration between electronic engineers, biophycists and material scientists.
One test carried out under the skin of a rat proved successful, where a heating device powered by beaming radio waves , melted away after the wound healed.
ref:newscientist