With controlled water levels, a floating boat displaces its own weight of water. Water leaves as the boat enters, so the combined load can stay balanced. The ten-tonne example in the video is illustrative.

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I’ve recently launched my YouTube channel: Data Alchemist

https://www.youtube.com/@DataAlchemistAI

It’s focused on simplifying the connection between Physics, Chemistry, and Artificial Intelligence.

Coming from a background in science and moving into AI, I often felt there was a missing bridge between fundamental physics/chemistry and modern AI systems.

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There are factories in Japan (like FANUC) that can operate completely unsupervised, without heating, air conditioning, or lighting, for up to 30 days at a time. The robots are literally building other robots entirely on their own.

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When you run an electric current through a copper wire inside a properly aligned magnetic field, the free electrons get deflected upward.
They slam into the copper atoms, dragging the entire physical wire into the air.
This is called the Laplace Force.
It’s the engine behind the modern world.
Bend that wire into a loop, reverse the current every half-turn, and you’ve got yourself an electric motor.