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Form factors and the secret of anti-ageing! March 20, 2007

Filed under: Uncategorized — gloplastic @ 8:56 pm

Some recent errata that make odd viewing. First we come to the ability of some people to avoid aging. Yes, finally the secret is out, Give Blood. Whilst changing addresses recently, we found that in the ‘changing your details’ section of the British Blood Donation Service online form gave the option to “Change Date of Birth”….. so there you go.

Now one from the work front. I have been looking up radiative form factors at work, how much radiation uniformly emitted from one object/surface will be collected by another object/surface close by. The webpage page lists lots of formulae for calculating the transfer facter for all sorts of geometric objects/surfaces in different orientations and separations, but two caught my eye, both are best viewed at their original location (given below).

The transfer from one person (standard engineer (note beard) in an old armchair) to a wall.
http://www.me.utexas.edu/~howell/sectionb/B-50.html

The transfer from one standard cow to a wall, I wonder what the effect of the cow facing the other way would be?
http://www.me.utexas.edu/~howell/sectionb/B-68.html

And to finish this blog entry in true Bart fashion:
I must post more ideas to my blog!
I must post more ideas to my blog!
I must post more ideas to my blog!
I must post more ideas to my blog!
I must post more ideas to my blog!
I must post more ideas to my blog!
I must post more ideas to my blog!
I must post more ideas to my blog!

Good night for now.