Today is the first day we’re something hands on!!!!!! Hooray! After another extremely stimulating lecture which once again cut down the barriers of art in science we began working in our groups. Today was especially special because our group decided, after much deliberation, to change our final project idea. We changed our idea into one that involved warping the perception of ones own reality which, I believe, would be an extremely beneficial invention for all of mankind.
After discovering a new ground breaking idea for our project we went inside the CNSI building to start our experiments. Muahahahahaha!!!!! We came inside the building and learned that we would be making a magnetic fluid and our own computer chips. The experiment began with mixing an acid with a copper solution while stirring slowly. We proceeded to do so as per the directions rules. The solution became black eventually and as we followed the directions more and more apparent attributes of the fluid we were aiming for became apparent. Once we completed the instructions and placed a magnet under the tray the results were amazing!!!
The fluid spiked up and made magnificent shapes that shocked and amazed us all. After this amazing experiment we moved onto making computer chips. We all got a basic computer chip and were told to put a design on it. We ll put our various designs on a transparency which was then placed under a UV light which baked the symbol into the computer chip. After taking our computer chips out of this de facto oven our various symbols were engraved onto our computer chips.
off to Harry Potter.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-computer-chip.htm
http://chemlinks.beloit.edu/Chip/index.html
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBsh7RbzNNI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=me5Zzm2TXh4
http://www.unitednuclear.com/magnets.htm