Today is our final day of preparation. The amount of laptops in the room is taunting me. The clicks of the keyboard are maddening. My eyes are glazed over. For the past three hours, I haven’t talked to a soul… unless you count my curses directed to the laptop in front of me. My mind is frozen… and not just because the air conditioning is set to “so cold you can preserve bodies.” Anxiety is at an all-time high.
Just kidding (=
Although I am a bit nervous for tomorrow, I’m confident that all groups (including mine) will do well. Finally, we get to show off all of our hard work!
I wrote about the design and function of my project in an earlier blog. As you will be able to see it tomorrow… I won’t talk about it here.
Aside from working on the project, we had two optional activities for break time. The first was a trip to UCLA’s botanical garden. The garden is nice. It didn’t feel so much like a garden as it did a forest, however. I felt like I was taking a hike through really… level… mountains? But in all seriousness, it is a nice place. There is a nice collection of plants and trees imported from places such as Mexico, South Africa, and New Zealand. There was also a small (stagnant) “river” with a short bridge. Bamboo could be found in every corner. I walked through the garden during the afternoon and I got a feeling that it’s a regular hangout for couples. Nearly each bamboo within reach was covered with crude etchings of “Emma + John FOREVER,” and other things of the like.
The second trip was a short one to the fifth floor of the CNSI Building. We had the opportunity to see projects from both John and Pinar. John’s was interactive. Small dandelion spores were 
projected against the wall. They moved in slow, lazy paths until they were disturbed by movement. Pinar’s was a simple abstract piece. She used a wide range of bright colors. The entire piece reminded me of a moving painting. I really appreciated being able to view their work. They have been our counselors/mentors/teachers for the past two weeks and their works are inspiring.
All in all, it has been a quiet, slow, productive day.
And my eyes are still glazed over.
http://www.pinaryoldas.info/pain/applet/index.html
http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-Motion-Sensors-Work-84955.shtml
http://www.bgci.org/resources/1528/
Giacomo, from the 
Analysis of this painting exposed more than its chemical composition.
Lab visits included a hands-on demo of the electron microscope and 
Nano technology program
echnology program was really fun. We had a lot of interesting lectures and got to see a lot of mind boggling science fiction movies. My favorite movies were Children of men and Blade Runner. I liked it because every day we did something new, it was really cool. 
where they made computer wafers and where they had the plasma making machine. The plasma machine was really large, but really cool. We got to look at the plasma inside through both machines. The computer wafer thing was really interesting how you have to been in a dust free suit to get in. 
that glows.was cool hearing the sound of nothing but yourself. It felt like you were floating in the middle of nothing. If one tried to imagine a blank space in their mind it would be exactly like the anechoic chamber. 
As my final day here at the UCLA SciArt Nanolab concluded, I began to contemplate over the many things I have learned over this course. The plethora of knowledge I have acquired from this course ranges from the past to the future, from simple to complex. At first, I was unsure of whether I was going to have fun in this course because I did not know what to expect from a course that I had no experience in. But now, at the end, I am glad that I achieved such privileges to come to such an outstanding and insightful course. As the days passed day by day, I gained new insights into how art and science are intertwined. Art can only grow when science grows and science can only grow when art grows. Both seemingly different subjects are inevitably dependent on each other. One of the projects that we witnessed, that I will always remember, is the anechoic chamber. The super sound and light proof room, stimulated my 6th sense. I could not see or hear anything thus I had to rely on my ability to forage images in my mind based on my hearing. Another thing that left a mark in my life was the ferrofluid. The ferrofluid is a liquid made up from iron nanoparticles. These polarized iron nanoparticles allow the liquid to become magnetized and spike up when a magnet is placed beneath it. Although there were many other interesting experiments and labs, these two particularly sparked my interest thus allowing me to always remember these. Being able to understand how these two supposedly contrasting subjects connect was a truly amazing experience.
