41 points | by Prof_Sigmund 2 days ago ago
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Relevant Smarter Every Day video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPSm9gJkPxU
What I find fascinating is the extreme efficiency of what is effectively an electric motor, reaching nearly 100% efficiency. At human scale we struggle with heat dissipation and friction
For some context, a billion years at a 20 minute breeding cycle is 26.3 trillion generations.
at the scale that it operates, the flagella is more a drill than a propeller
there's a good richard feynam video about how things feel when they're that small https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eRCygdW--c
Relevant Smarter Every Day video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPSm9gJkPxU
What I find fascinating is the extreme efficiency of what is effectively an electric motor, reaching nearly 100% efficiency. At human scale we struggle with heat dissipation and friction
For some context, a billion years at a 20 minute breeding cycle is 26.3 trillion generations.
at the scale that it operates, the flagella is more a drill than a propeller
there's a good richard feynam video about how things feel when they're that small https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eRCygdW--c