So today is the last day of the sci | art nanotechnology summer program! It’s weird to think about the fact that after tomorrow, i will be leaving the place I’ve called home for two weeks. I’ve learned so much from this program, learned about so many relevant topics, and experienced hands-on so many technologies that […]
Today was a day to get acquainted with the place we will be residing in for the next two weeks. We toured the areas we would be working in, the brand new California Nano Systems Institute, and met our counselors and group members. After we were divided based on our questionnaire answers we turned in […]
For the last day of the week, things did not turn out too bad, nor did they exactly turn out good. The day started out with a lecture by Victoria which turned out to be more of a biography and I am not much of a person who likes to listen to someone else’s life […]
Today we had another lecture given by my very own counselors, Rita and Gao. They talked to us about shape and how it was applied to different aspects of the world as we know it. The categories within shape were nature, engineering, and art. The most important thing that I absorbed from the lecture was […]
Friday was an interesting day just because it was our very own Victoria giving us our lecture. I really liked learning about how she started with her passions for the arts and science and somehow, along the way, ended up working in a field that incorporates both. Lucky girl. We also had our midterms […]
This is why I was very excited to hear that a lecture addressing nanotoxicology would be delivered. Finally, answers to all my waiting questions. Would nanotechnology be so dangerous to the environment that bioaccumulation and biomagnifications could be involved? Were there processes that already existed to deal with […]
Well, today is the last day before our final projects, a culmination of all we’ve learned and our collaboration. Everyone is hard at work in preparation. It was disappointing to go to bed sick and wake up sicker. But anyways, this has been an eye-opening experience and amazing opportunity for me. I’ve been made aware […]
We began the day with an opening lecture made by John and Carlin. They were basically talking about how art and science have a symbiotic relationship with each other- one could not move forward without the other. most of the powerpoint consisted of videos that showed latest innovations, both concepts and realities. One invention was […]
We started off the day with an opening lecture that continued what John and Carlin touched upon yesterday. Today’s intrduction lecture discussed the more controversial side of scrience which is its application and restrictions. Basically, when scientists make any sort of discovery, they must debate all the benefits versus costs of that discovery. For example, […]
Today’s activities centered around sound. Tyler Adam’s “Sound and Science” lecture included brief history about technological advances related to sound. For example, the theremin is an instrument developed in 1919 which operates using the heterodyne principle. and involves the interaction of two radio frequency oscillators to produce sound. Sound technology seems to define our generations, such […]