The Royal Institution
Materials are a defining characteristic of society. The ages of civilization are named after materials and the development of new materials do more than simple transform technology: they change behaviour and shape the urban landscape, from our cities and our hospitals, to our homes and our art.
In this Ri Discourse, Professor Mark Miodownik introduces us to the innovations that are shaping a new materials age, one that blurs the fundamental distinction between living and non-living things and challenges the very notion of material itself.
From ferrofluid to the revolution that is 3D printing, Mark points to the materials and innovations that will shape our future. Just as bionic limbs and synthetic organs are becoming the norm so our man-made environment is also changing to become more lifelike. Are living buildings and objects that heal-themselves are on the horizon?
This Friday Evening Discourse was held at the Royal Institution of Great Britain on 22 February 2013.
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What about the hottest of all subjects – turning energy into matter? I haven't seen any lecture about this, only a few articles and inside rumors.
i come for strange material and get a 3D printer … sigh
43:40 hmm. I was under the impression that this series was aimed at an audience including children.
Useless lecturer dealing with a very interesting subject so did watch it through
Materiality? Is he making up words? Great, he printed hands. I'm sure you can get those from China for 20 cents.
This is an enjoyable watch. However, the Darwinian Evolution religious references are quite distracting. DE is a religion, not science.
Hard to watch this one sorry..
heh heh heh. I love the bleepy-bloopy machine-gone-wrong noises his gizmo makes in the background. absolutely brilliant. if it can make a cup of tea then we will be away.?
people are made of organs, of tissues, cells, proteins, atoms.. But robot, phone, phone-cord, gears, then microscopic parts? lol, Why not just do a computer, a hard-drive, hard-drive parts, then microscopic parts? lol I was so confused until he explained what he meant bc the slide wasn't gonna suffice lol.
Believe it or not, titanium implants just as all metallic implants do, will slowly oxidize over time. The reason we use pure titanium specifically over all else, such as 316L stainless steel or chromium, is because it oxidizes at the slowest rate of all the viable metals for medical implantation.
Amazing presentation really interesting – thank you
56:00 I dont think this guy really believes pigeons are on the level of microcomputers.
He was very nervous but he tried his best, I think.
table of elements, new atomic numbers, nature of metallic bond https://classroom.google.com/u/0/c/Nzg0MTgwNjM2OVpa
Wheres my damn adamantium paraskeleton whatsamiajigger
Why does no one talk about brain interfacing with implants? If you can control a prosthetic hand, then you should be able to control a 'smart' kidney, or blood born nanomachines. You could essentially puppetize yourself.
The windpipe was featured in a documentary the doctor involved was in big trouble as all attempts to use the windpipe ended up killing the patient. Look it up!!
Smoke some you might relate
Mad that this was in 2013 and here I am watching this in 2018 as my very own 3d printer finishes the part I just designed tonight.
just finish reading stuff matters……
The technology is great . . . it is just that where I live, there are no doctors available to see you, so it all becomes rather a moot point.
Outstanding :0) Thanks for posting!
had to look it up, but here's one prediction come true – https://www.cartiva.net/
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2018/04/05/French-surgeons-find-success-with-windpipe-replacement-procedure/7171522929961/
This was about as as educational as this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm57qo3eYe8
Amalgam, made in part of mercury which itself is highly poisonous even in small doses. The best filling for cavities is no filling at all which means preventing cavities in the first place. The next best thing would be to actually regrow enamel which is something that's being researched as we speak.
All these things have been foretold, if not forewarned about. Not that I am for these veiled trans humanist notions.
Hooray for mechanics too.
Excellent. It might be time for an update lecture though.
Nice guy. Obviously very intelligent, and knowledgeable, but needs serious counsel on the "art" of lecture, and performance. Rehearsal is the key, and a practiced "shtick". Taking your audience on a journey of discovery requires preparation, and delivery, so their attention is riveted. It can be taught, but requires a leap of communication skill.
where are all the strange materials ?
FERROFLUID…. why is know one saying that, or yelling it?
This made my leg throb!
This guy needs his own tv show.