Self-replicating machines in fiction

The Invincible

The Invincible (Polish: Niezwyciężony) is a hard science fiction novel by Polish writer Stanisław Lem, published in 1964. The Invincible originally appeared as the title story in Lem's collection Niezwyciężony i inne opowiadania ("The Invincible and Other Stories"). A translation into German was published in 1967; an English translation by Wendayne Ackerman, based on the German one, was published in 1973. A direct translation into English from Polish, by Bill Johnston, was published in 2006. It was one of the first novels to explore the ideas of microrobots, smartdust, artificial swarm intelligence, and "necroevolution" (a term suggested by Lem for the evolution of non-living matter). (Wikipedia).

The Invincible
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Lost Ships III: Fallen Warriors

They were at one time the largest and most feared warships ever built, at one time they were the pride of the navies that built them. They were the Battleships. Yet even these mighty fortresses were not invincible, eclipsed by technology, many of these great ships would find their way to t

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The Greatest War Machines Of The 20th Century [4K] | Combat Machines Compilation | Spark

During World War II, machines became a huge part of combat, whether on land, at sea, or airborne. Watch to find out more about the variety of machines used by the forces, ranging from motorcycles to tanks. --- This original and wide-ranging 8 part thematic series takes you to the heart of

From playlist Combat Machines

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The Warfighters: America's Mighty Warriors & 'Invisible Wounds' | History

Watch these epic first hand accounts of grit and courage from the Veterans who were there. Check out The Warfighters at History.com. #TheWarfighters Subscribe for more HISTORY: http://histv.co/SubscribeHistoryYT Newsletter: https://www.history.com/newsletter Website - http://www.history.

From playlist The Warfighters | Official Series Playlist

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Elephant Seal vs. Elephant Seal | World's Deadliest

When two bull elephant seals square off, things can get bloody. Only one in 10 males can become king of the harem... and he'll have to throw his weight around to do it. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoWILDSubscribe ➡ Watch all clips of World’s Deadliest here: http://bit.ly/Worldsdeadliest

From playlist Amazing Animals | National Geographic

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The Greatest Bomber Planes of The 20th Century [4K] | The Greatest Ever | Spark

Fast paced head-spinning, and informative, Greatest Ever is a top ten count down of the marvels of modern technology. You may not agree, but you'll be grabbed and not let go as our picks are put through their paces in front of our cameras. -- Subscribe to Spark for more amazing science, te

From playlist The Greatest Ever

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The Robot That Defuses Bombs In Warzones And Cities [4K] | Combat Machines | Spark

Meet the mobile robot that defuses bombs on foreign battlefields and British streets, and discover the Gulf War vehicle that laid mines at extraordinary speed. - This original and wide-ranging 8 part thematic series takes you to the heart of the action of how machines have been an essentia

From playlist Combat Machines

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This Robot Will Crush You

Destruction and mayhem at the hands and jaws of a monster robot. MEET YOUR ROBOT FUTURE!

From playlist Beyond Human

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THE LARGEST HYDROGEN BOMB (Tsar Bomb) AND THE NUCLEAR BOMBS!!!

In this video demonstrate nuclear bombs and thermonuclear hydrogen bombs. Also you can see speech of Einstein about E=MC2, speech of Openheimer about destoyer of the worlds!!!

From playlist NUCLEAR PHYSICS

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The Most Influential Helicopters of All Time [4K] | The Greatest Ever | Spark

Fast paced head-spinning, and informative, Greatest Ever is a top ten count down of the marvels of modern technology. You may not agree, but you'll be grabbed and not let go as our picks are put through their paces in front of our cameras. -- Subscribe to Spark for more amazing science, te

From playlist 4K Science Documentaries

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Ultimate Battleships (Full Episode) | Drain the Oceans

Draining the North Sea helps solve whether Germany or Britain won the Battle of Jutland when their most devastating warships clashed in WWI. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get more Nat Geo Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLivjPDlt6ApSiD2mk9Ngp-5dZ9CDDn72O ➡

From playlist Full Episodes | National Geographic

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Games Programming with Visual Basic lesson 10 - invincibility, window boundary, enemy speed

This is the final tutorial for this particular game. Some more changes to the code explained: - Character becomes invincible for 1 second every 5 gems collected. - Character does not move beyond window boundary. - Enemy speed increases every 5 gems collected. Completed game can be downloa

From playlist Computer Programming Visual Basic

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OBS Studio: Record WITHOUT Overlays the EASY way! OBS Source Record

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From playlist Live Stream with Duane

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Get the Streamer Game in Rust and GGEZ part 14

We make it so that we can get hit 3 times by the sword, giving ourselves iframes every time we're hit. However we decide that we need to create a life system for all game objects so that each type of game object can calculate it's own system independently. Links Code - https://github.com

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Tested in 2021: Favorite Coffee Table Books!

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NOTACON 6: Intro to Go

Speaker: Jason Viers A presentation aimed to introduce people to the amazing game Go. It is the oldest game still played in its original form, yet it's one of the few games that humans still regularly trounce the best computer programs. This presentation will describe the game and its rul

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SAS Raid - Argentina 1982

In 1982, the the Falklands conflict, Britain had to stop Argentina's Exocet missile armed Super Etendard squadron and hatched a daring plan to eliminate them at their base in Argentina. Codenamed Operation Mikado, the first stage, insertion of an SAS observation post, was mounted, Operatio

From playlist Daring Raids

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The 10 Biggest Comebacks in Military History | History Countdown

Join us as we explain the wildest, weirdest, most shocking moments of all time in History Countdown - https://histv.co/countdown Discover the top 10 biggest comebacks in military history, from the Battle of Saratoga to the English defeating the Spanish Armada, in this episode of History C

From playlist HISTORY EXPLAINED: History Digital Exclusives

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Two Steps From Hell - Undying Love

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From playlist Brilliant Music

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Invincible in the Jungle | Naked and Afraid

As a wilderness EMT, Danielle tries to take care of Charlie's bloody gash. But his mindset won't let him accept the help. | http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/naked-and-afraid/ Catch NAKED AND AFRAID Sundays at 10/9c on Discovery! Watch full episodes: http://bit.ly/NakedandAfraidFullEpiso

From playlist Naked and Afraid

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Godzilla: King of the Monsters - Official Trailer 1 - Now Playing In Theaters

www.facebook.com/GodzillaMovie www.twitter.com/GodzillaMovie www.instagram.com/GodzillaMovie www.GodzillaMovie.com Following the global success of “Godzilla” and “Kong: Skull Island” comes the next chapter in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ cinematic MonsterVerse, an epic a

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