The Nandage Our project idea for the final was the Nandage. The Nandage is a very portable, convenient bandage that can be used treat sprains and breaks quickly and efficiently. The Nandage is great for sports accidents or if you badly injure yourself and you need something to keep the bone in […]
Many things are too small to see with the human eye, yet are all around us. Things at the nanoscale where only thought in theory before the first microscopes were invented. In 1609, Galileo Galilei made the first compound microscope with a convex and concave lens to look at things much smaller […]
Thursday, which was in my opinion the most interesting day, covered the worlds of both art and science and also focused on solutions to current problems such as energy sources. First of all, Giacomo Chiari lectured us on the science of art conservation. He told us of the methods used to conserve ancient and beautiful […]
Nanotechnology has been around for years but never have we had the technology to keep up with it. Finally, in the past couple decades; scientists have created microscopes allowing us to see the once-invisible world. Some of these instruments include the popular light microscope, the transmission electron microscope (TEM), and the scanning electron microscope (SEM). […]
We came up with several ideas for our “Imagine the Impossible” project, yet found that all of them had been already thought of or were in the making. After much frustration, we were happy when we finally came up with our idea– the Nandage. The Nandage would be a more efficient and comfortable alternative […]
When I first heard the word ‘nanotechnology’ I had no perception or knowledge of such word. It sounded very science but I could not reference or link to my understanding of biology, chemistry, nor physics. It felt different; it was something aside from the structural sciences we learn at school. So I googled images of […]
What powers a solar calculator, makes a parked car hot, heats water and spaces, causes plants to grow, and can be turned into electricity? Solar energy. Every second, the “sun produces enough energy for almost 500,000 years of the current needs of our so-called civilization.” The energy is free, and there is an unlimited […]
07.08.09 Wednesday was an interesting day—Art, Science, and Nature. There were many individual things that intrigued me. We started off the day mostly through a few lab visits. First off, my group went into the engineering building, where we visited some scientists whom developed the portable blood-testing cell phone addition, using the “LUCAS”. […]
As we walked to our daily movie today, Brent stopped and pointed to the sky, “I like looking at the sky from here because the yellow leaves make the sky look purple.” We looked up; it was true, the light must have bent differently. And I could not help thinking that the theme of […]