Monday was a really neat and eventful day. First the museum, then the LAPD plasma lab, and finally the book collection. First of all, I thought the art we viewed at the Fowler Museum mind-expanding. The exhibit consited of Aboriginal ‘Dream’ paintings from Papunya in Australia. These painting were recent, considering that most Aboriginal art […]
Todays topic was Shape in Nature. The lecture started out describing how atoms were arranged in a specific packing sequence, this of which gives items certain properties such as ductility, hardness, and electronic and optical properties. This fact fascinates me in a way that if atoms are somehow manipulated, they can produce a different substance […]
The day started off with a lecture that made me think about restricting of new technology. It made me think of what I would do in the situation of having an amazing and helpful technology that could change lives, but may be dangerous. I think that I would allow the technology to be used ever […]
In the grand seismic sea wave of modern technology and its fascinations and benefits, the risks and dangers are easily overlooked or disregarded in favor for reassurance of our discoveries. After all, it is easier to accept our advancements than our mistakes. Richard L. Jones has little reservations about nanotechnology overriding the human race, as […]
Last night (technically this morning) we watched the midnight screening of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. We went to a theatre in Westwood and stood in line for two hours for the opportunity to see a highly anticipated movie first. While the Harry Potter series is known for its use of magic and […]
Harry Potter, wow, that is all I can say. I thought it was pretty bad actually, I am an avid Harry Potter fan, and it mis-represented the book pretty badly. The concepts in The Half- Blood Prince were intresting though. Some include the idea of apparition, or the the thought of going wherever you wanted […]
What a film, what a film! It was SO disappointing! But that’s not important. Instead, let us try to be OPEN-MINDED, and search for technology in the midst of a movie about magic and fantasy. Only though our fantasies can we hope to “imagine the impossible”. For example, let us think about the brooms. Witches […]
Harry Potter and the half-blood prince was not bad but not great. I never read the books so i guess thats why i was kinda lost and had some confusion, but i’d seen every movie. Though maby i was just expecting more or something different but threw out the movie there were random scenes to […]
Today I began my understanding of the artscience program. The motif for the day was magnification and microscopy. We saw multiple microscopy labs and met lots of people who worked with imaging and magnifying devices all day. Most of what I saw I had heard about before. We saw a normal light microscope and even […]
Of course the memorable event of today was our seeing the 6th Harry Potter movie, a film that although it may not seem so at first glance, this is a movie that has a lot to do with the scientific and artistic concepts that we so often discuss. A striking fictional element within the […]