Nano- tech seems like a solution to many problems facing society today. Little robots going around fixing things like potentially fatal diseases. I read somewhere that scientists are able to change the atomic structure of different molecules making new and better materials. I heard something that might be far-fetched but that if u rearrange the […]
Nanotechnology is the science of the uses of nano-sized particles being applied to practical ideas. Nanotechnology has been thought to be a new technological idea but it has actually been used, often accidentally, for quite some time. I was actually surprised to learn from the professors that nanotechnology has not yet been applied practical uses […]
Today’s activities were really interesting to me. I find the more engaging activities to be much more fun. The lab visits and question-and-answer style lectures are just that. I found the gadgets that take images of the shadows of blood cells to be really cool, but I don’t know how practical it is to use […]
Today we learned about all the different kinds of microscopes. I don’t remember all of them but the one that made an impression the most was the one where the depth and texture of the sample was determined by a needle being rolled over the surface and a laser being pointed to the top of […]
“Seeing the Invisible” was the topic of the day. This morning started with an introduction to the perpetual cycle facilitated by art and science begat by the Renaissance. From the coordinate plane to the camera, perspective became an essential part to the physical and artistic world. Louis Pasteur opened up the door to the microscopic […]
Day 1: Top-Bottom; Bottom-Up Macro. Micro. Large. Small. This is what differentiates the visual world from the invisible. Today, we learned about the different microscopes used by scientists to accommodate the growing field of nanotechnology. Among these include compound microscopes, electron microscopes, field ion microscopes, and scanning tunneling microscopes. Truly, the human eye has evolved […]