The last day of the UCLA art sci program really is not the last. Just as no one truly dies, there is no end. As matter is simply rearranged after death, new faces come in, reborn, ready to give effort towards art and science. Inspiration has filled the minds of many young adults. As far […]
Wizards and witches are most famous for their flying broomsticks. It seems science fiction, but can it be done? What about love potions. Could those also exist? Can something be ingested to change neurotransmitters and give a love feeling. Since no one has thought about how they could work, I am going to imagine how […]
July 14, 2009 The singularity in technology is a theoretical future point during the period of change after a superintelligence has been created. The theory is based on that when artificial intelligence becomes just slightly more powerful that that of a human, creations from the machines will grow exponentially, at rates that are unprecedented. Vernor […]
Some of the stuff we did was mindblowing. I couldnt believe one single laboratory took up as much energy as all of westwood. The technology was incredible. We first started of the day with shapes. We looked at shapes in nature and science. What freaked me out was how sounds could have shapes. Nature demonstrated […]
Friday, July 9, 2009 Today we first learned about Victoria Vessia. She talked to us about her life, but what really attracted my attention was Blue Morph. This is truly art and science mixed together. What they did was use nanoscale images and sounds, yes sounds, of the metamorphosis of a butterfly. Pure creativity. We […]
Thursday, July 9, 2009 Today we had a guest speaker named Giacomo Chiari who talked about art conservation. It is devoted to conserving and even restoring art for the preservation of cultural heritage. Chiari works at the Getty Museum, a famous art museum in Los Angeles. It was a real eye opener for the techniques […]
Wednesday, July 8 2009 The application of nanotechnology, or any other technology, in medicine is amazing. We are just scratching the surface for applications in the health field. Nanomedicine is a term that refers to nanotechnology being used to help the health of people. An enormous amount of research and money is being poured into […]
Tuesday, July 7 2009 Microscopes come in all shapes and sizes, for different needs and purposes. Some cost millions, while others cost a few hundred bucks. They help see the tiny world around us, and in us. For example, there was a biomedical researcher using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) to look at tiny nanoparticle […]