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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
7-07-09 UCLA*- Nanobot technology can only be explored via the modern microscopes of today. We, today, were fortunate enough to learn about the three standard microscopes: the electron microscope, the light microscope, and the atomic force microscope. These tools are the necessities to ensuring a view of the nanobots which are at most a hundred […]
Today was the first day I saw a direct connection between art and science. Regardless of the fact that it was the most obvious and straightforward correlation one we’ve witnessed so far, the message of this program has finally settled in my head. A skeptic in the beginning, I can now see that […]
When I first arrived the ART / Sci NanoLab I was unaware of the heavy theme of Art in the program, and how, indeed, the joining of art and science was the main focus. I learned about art/sci through my highschool chemistry teacher and the way he had described the program had been in purely […]