Giacomo, from the Getty Research Center, was here today to speak to us about art preservation. Having a long time career in this field, Giacomo was able to tell us how the technology in art preservation and atomic analysis has evolved over the years. The high tech gadgets of his trade, as with any other […]
As we looked at the different elements of sound today, I realized that sound has more dimensions than I thought initially. In the morning lecture we learned about manipulating sound and the different effects multiple environments can have on the sound. One element which struck my interest was the “auto […]
Nano technology program This two week nano technology program was really fun. We had a lot of interesting lectures and got to see a lot of mind boggling science fiction movies. My favorite movies were Children of men and Blade Runner. I liked it because every day we did something new, it was really cool. My favorite […]
July 16, 2009 Back earlier in summer when I was packing for this trip, I had various thoughts about this summer institute program: ‘How much can science and art possibly be similar? What kind of work am I about to be assigned? Is this more worth it than my regular summer of relaxation?’ The car […]
As we explored the motif of shape in both art and science in our morning lecture, the similarities between the two subjects grew even greater. Shape was discussed in the context of music, architecture, molecules, as well as art in the form of dance. A change in the shape of an atom, with the […]
Last Friday, we presented our idea for the project that Adam gave to us, which asked us to “imagine the impossible”. Before, our project was about nanobots in a hemophiliac’s system to change their DNA and to produce Factor VIII. However, we decided that the subject lacked a creative style and “impossible” flare. Instead, my […]
Tomorrow we are going to present our final projects. These projects are a summation of everything we have learned in these 2 weeks applied to a product or art design. In my thematic group, we used nano bots that create an alternate reality for someone to escape to. These bots would be injected into the […]
Wow, already here comes the end of the Sci Art program. What? You ask me what I learned from here? Hmmm, lets just stay that my mind has been opened. Never have I ever thought critically and truly “imagined the impossible”. Simply attending a chemistry course or a biology course would have simply been a […]
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Yesterday, we went to a room where the room reflects no sound. When the door is closed you cant hear even the loudest train passing by. This place was called the anechoic chamber. The is built specifically so no outside noise can be heard. The floor was made of suspended mesh so the floor did […]