Self-replicating machines in fiction

Surface Detail

Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks is a science fiction novel in his Culture series, first published in the UK on 7 October 2010 and the US on 28 October 2010. (Wikipedia).

Surface Detail
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Surface Area of Prisms and Pyramids

This video is about finding the Surface Area of Prisms and Pyramids

From playlist Surface Area and Volume

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What Is Surface Anatomy?

In the first mini-lecture, we ask the question: what is surface anatomy? We learn how anatomy is the study of the structure of our bodies, including osteology, histology, gross anatomy, imaging, embryology and indeed surface anatomy. As you might imagine, surface anatomy studies the extern

From playlist Biology

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Parameterized Surfaces

This video explains how to parameterized a equation of a surface.

From playlist Surface Integrals

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(New Version Available) Parameterized Surfaces

New Version: https://youtu.be/0kKBPbmzwm8 This video explains how to parameterized a equation of a surface. http://mathispower4u.wordpress.com/

From playlist Surface Integrals

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Cylindrical Surfaces

This video defines a cylindrical surface and explains how to graph a cylindrical surface. http://mathispower4u.yolasite.com/

From playlist Quadric, Surfaces, Cylindrical Coordinates and Spherical Coordinates

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A Molecule-Thick Coating Changes What a Surface Does, Thanks to Nanoscience

This episode was made in partnership with The Kavli Prize. The Kavli Prize honors scientists for breakthroughs in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience — transforming our understanding of the big, the small, and the complex. From removing glare in windows to making pacemakers safer,

From playlist Uploads

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Making a monolithic telescope Part 3: Figuring & Testing

Use the following links if you want to skip to the next chapter of the video: 00:00 General intro 01:54 Required level of precision 07:12 Measuring surface shapes with interferometry 10:46 Fringe evaluation with DFTfringe 12:12 Optical Pitch polishing 17:19 Making molds using 3D printing

From playlist optics

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Objective Barriers To Passive Transport (Lecture 2) by George Haller

DISCUSSION MEETING WAVES, INSTABILITIES AND MIXING IN ROTATING AND STRATIFIED FLOWS (ONLINE) ORGANIZERS: Thierry Dauxois (CNRS & ENS de Lyon, France), Sylvain Joubaud (ENS de Lyon, France), Manikandan Mathur (IIT Madras, India), Philippe Odier (ENS de Lyon, France) and Anubhab Roy (IIT M

From playlist Waves, Instabilities and Mixing in Rotating and Stratified Flows (ONLINE)

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Lecture 5: Recent research: Retrographic Sensing for the Measurement of Surface Texture and Shape

MIT MAS.531 Computational Camera and Photography, Fall 2009 View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mas-531-computational-camera-and-photography-fall-2009/ YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP61pwA6paIRZ30q1sjLE8b6c Lecture 5: Recent research:

From playlist MIT MAS.531 Computational Camera and Photography, Fall 2009

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Photonic Spin Density of Light: Quantum Magnetometry, Acoustic Waves and Thermal....by Zubin Jacob

DISCUSSION MEETING STRUCTURED LIGHT AND SPIN-ORBIT PHOTONICS ORGANIZERS: Bimalendu Deb (IACS Kolkata, India), Tarak Nath Dey (IIT Guwahati, India), Subhasish Dutta Gupta (UOH, TIFR Hyderabad, India) and Nirmalya Ghosh (IISER Kolkata, India) DATE: 29 November 2022 to 02 December 2022 VE

From playlist Structured Light and Spin-Orbit Photonics - Edited

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Éric Colin de Verdière (12/9/22): Optimal topological simplification of surfaces

Title: Optimal topological simplification of surfaces: Algorithms and hardness Abstract: Cutting a surface along a non-contractible or a non-separating simple closed curve yields a topologically simpler surface, whose genus ("number of handles") is lowered by one. More drastically, one c

From playlist Vietoris-Rips Seminar

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Europa Mission News

NASA announced on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, the selection of science instruments for a mission to Europa, to investigate whether Jupiter’s icy moon could harbor conditions suitable for life. NASA received 33 proposals for science instruments to fly onboard a Europa mission, which would cond

From playlist Europa

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Next Level Spirit Level (for billiard / pool table)

Leveling a billiard table to an exact horizontal orientation requires a very accurate "spirit level" device (also called "bubble level"). In this video I show the complete process, from requirements and design, to prototype manufacturing of the bubble level from 2 borosilicate glass disk

From playlist optics

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Astronomy - Ch. 10: Mercury (35 of 42) Messenger: Scientific Payload (Part 1 of 2)

Visit http://ilectureonline.com for more math and science lectures! In this video I will (Part 1 of 2) discuss some of the scientific payload in Messenger. MDIS (Mercury Dual Imaging System), GRS (Gamma Ray Spectrometer), NS (Neutron Spectrometer), and XRS (X-Ray Spectrometer). Next vide

From playlist ASTRONOMY 10 MERCURY

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How to sketch a surface: an example

Free ebook http://tinyurl.com/EngMathYT Example of how to sketch the surfaces associated with functions of two variables.

From playlist A second course in university calculus.

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Everything We Know About The Planets In Our Solar System | Cosmic Vistas Compilation | Spark

Thanks to the advance in technology, we now know more about the planets in our neighborhood than ever. What do we know about planets like Mars, Saturn, or even asteroids and dwarf planets in the Asteroid Belts? --- Thanks to the invention of spaceflight, the drive to explore are leading us

From playlist Cosmic Vistas Seasons 1-5

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