Hello Class! Today, I would like to address two questions today. Let us start with the first question. Can art and science truly be combined to create a better science and art?
Well, I would have to reply yes and no. First of all, through this camp, each and everyone of us has been exposed to both the arts and sciences. We have experienced museums and paintings, but were also able to experience laboratories and lectures. This is where I draw my own conclusion. Each body of knowledge can utilize the other to create a new and unique way to express their emotions and their message. Scientists can utilize arts to provide a visual representation of their data and make it appealing to the public. Yet I have no way of finding a new body of knowledge that can utilize both science and art, but is not strictly one or the other. Since history, art and sciences are two different classes of knowledge because they are different. If they are identical or similar, they would be classified as the same. Since they are two different bodies of knowledge, art and science cannot be smashed together and called something new. Basically, I have come to the conclusion that truly Sci Art cannot exist. Instead, the sciences can utilize the arts and the arts can utilize the sciences.
Now for my next question. Today, we discussed the neccesity of a limitation on science. Personally, I believe a limitation on science is a limitation on our ability to reach success and a better standard of living. People have complained that future technology can be a bad thing, but thinking like that is ridiculous. Anything in excess can be dangerous. This world is no perfect place and there will always be psychotic fools who utilize technology in a bad way. I mean, COME ON! A psycho murderer can even utilize cereal to choke one of their victims. Because cereal can choke people, should we limit the amount of cereal out in shops? Of course not. There will always be the “bad guy”. We can do nothing about it and should therefore not worry about it. This applies to science in the future as well. None of us now will know what will happen. The future holds a mystery for humanity and whatever new finds we find in science, we must fully explore it for the benefits of humanity. Even if it is research into weaponry, how much worse can weapons get when almost all countries have the ability to decimate whole cities and countries with small bombs? What we need now is the curiosity and strive for success. We need to be hungry for the betterment of society. This is not the time for worry, but the time for action. TRUST THE FUTURE
Today was a very hands-on day as we spent most of the afternoon working on fairly simple yet interesting lab projects. The first project involved the creation of ferrofluid. Essentially, the ferrofluid was a highly magnetized viscous, black liquid that was easily manipulated through the use of a small magnet (as pictured in the image directly below). It was not especially difficult to form the ferrofluid as it only involved the mixing, diluting, and draining of a few various chemicals. The most interesting part of the end result, however, was the manner in which the ferrofluid would react to the magnetic block when said block was held about a 1/4 inch or so away from the weightboat containing the fluid. In most cases, the fluid would “spike” up, forming various pointed black ridges that would rise and fall depending on the manipulation of the magnet below.
In reaction to the magnet, the ferrous fluid would rise up in small spiked formationsIt was interesting to play with the various ways the ferrofluid could be manipulated. Depending on how the magnet was moved, you could create many different shapes by pulling and stretching the fluid around with the use of magnetic forces. The resulting formations were distinctly artistic, making the end result of the experiment highly subject to creative impulses while the initial procedure itself remained a bit more structured and scientific. The second lab involved the creation of a lithograph. This project was a bit more art-based but was executed in a more science intensive manner than most other art creations. Ultimately, the experiment resulted in a small chip that contained a previously drawn design. The resulting litograph
In contrast to the ferrous fluid experiment which started out with science (the procedure) and ended in art (the spikey black fluid), the lithograph began with art (the initial design) and finished with science (the process used to transplant the design to the chip). Both, however, served as excellent examples as to how science and art could be applied together to achieve a single goal.
Our lecture today focused on how science and art lead a symbitic life.This can be seem in new technological inventions and ideas and art.We saw a video about a car show in Japan, showing new cars that can turn with its wheels in place, cars with smaller cars within them, and cars with a robot near the driving wheel that can sense the mood of the driver.There were also cars with a soft outer cover to further protect the driver and passengers during car accidents.These inventions are very artistic, finding ways to make the cars fashionable, comfortable, and desirable.At the same time, the makers of these cars used new technology in order to make this happen.Another example of a creative new invention is a game called Mind Flex.This game is supposedly to control a ball with one’s mind, similar to the “force” characters use in the movies Star Wars.However, I think that the makers of this game should have thought through the game more, since it is pretty obvious to those with even a little understanding that it is air from the game machine that is keeping the ball afloat, and not the power of one’s mind.But I do think that if somehow, it is possible to move things with just a thought, it is a good idea to give the little kids experience in a game before they use it for more serious things. ANother great invention was the idea of a new phone that could do almost anything, was very easy to carry around, and water proof. the only reason one phone is able to do this is because it is built of nanotechnology.
After the lecture, we had a hands-on lab experience with ferrofluids and photo lithography.For the ferrofluids, we mixed FeCl2 and FeCl3 and then dropped in ammonium hydroxide in order to make magnetites.After rinsing many times, we could use a magnet to manipulate the magnetites. Our group was not able to get the results we needed. When finished, the magnetites were supposed to spike up when the magnet was put underneath it, but it didnt. We did not know how it was supposed to look it until we saw a friends experiment. And then we used photo lithography to make a picture of whatever we want on a small tile of copper.
There are 3.4 million cases of anemia in the United States with a rate of about 4,500 deaths per year. Anemia is a condition in which are not enough healthy red blood cells in the body, which can be detected when there is an insufficient level of hemoglobin in the blood. Hemoglobin are iron rich proteins that carry oxygen from the lungs to all parts throughout the body. This can usually be diagnosed with iron supplements to aid a patient deliver oxygen rich blood throughout the body.
However there is a common form of anemia called Sickle Cell Anemia. This strain of anemia is unfortunately a chronic, incurable disease that cannot be cured with iron supplements. This is an inherited blood disorder that affects normal red blood cells, having disc-shapes and doughnut appearances in the middle, by making the hemoglobin defective. After hemoglobin molecules give up the oxygen, the abnormal hemoglobin cluster together and form long, rod-like structures which cause red blood cells to become stiff and take form of a sickle shape. These are very stiff and sticky; the common problem and symptom of this disease is that the sickle-shaped red blood cells tend to form clumps and get stuck in narrow blood vessels, blocking the flow of blood in the body. Such clumps as these will block blood flow in blood vessels leading to limbs and organs; blocking these will probably cause pain, serious infections, and organ damage. As a result, patients will most likely experience tiredness, fatigue, or shortness of breath which can cause problems carrying out routine activities. I hope nanotechnology can solve this dilemma as soon as possible to help these people.
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In one of today’s experiments, we created a substance called ferrofluid. We began by mixing 5 mL of FeCl3 and 2 mL of FeCl2. Then using this solution, we mixed it rapidly while simulatenously dripping ammonium hydroxide into the solution. We then used a magnet to keep the substance at the base of the beaker while we poured out the excess liquid. Then we added diluted water and drained it several times so as to remove the remaining FeCl2/FeCl3 solution completely. Ferrofluids are mixtures composed of magnetic particles that are contained in a liquid typically an organic solvent or water. While they can exist in magnetic form for a fair amount of time, they are not permanent states because its magnetic susceptibility creates a low degree of magnetic moment per unit volume, V. Ferrofluids can be used in a variety of fields including electronic devices, mechanical engineering, military, aerospace, medicine, heat transfer, optics, and art. They can be seem within high quality speaker systems and the laser heads of some CD and DVD players. They are also used within your internally computer disk. It was really interesting to learn about the chemical composition of something used daily. It made it even better to do a hands-on simulation to get the full understanding of its chemical make-up.
FerroFluids!! A magnetic liquid that we manipulated with a small magnet. I found todays experiments very interesting and fun. Though making it was a slow process, it had to be exact and done according to the directions like baking. One thing off and the whole experiment could go wrong. The time and patience was worth it though because in the end we got this black substance that moved where ever we put the magnet.
We had to decant it a few times to get as much water out while leaving the ions behind.
We also did photolithography. I really liked this one because it really mixed the two, science and art in one. It included chemical reactions and making a artistic design. I thought it was really neat that i could draw what ever i wanted on transparency sheet and that would be sketched into the chip. A very cool souvenir that really visually incorporates science and art.
Midterms!!! HAHA I am kind of flabbergasted at some of the presentations, they were hysterical. I do not know where to start, from Marcus’ rap or to Laura’s vampire grenade. I had a really good time. The ideas were all pretty good, some were kind of conservative and others were more out of the box. I kind of took the idea of imagine the possible seriously, our idea for our whole world filled with quantum dots so a person can customize thier vision. Having Josh in our group really helped with the out of the box part of the project. He was so persistent on being creative that we kind of gave in. I really wanted to do something with space becasue i thought that would manifest the idea of impossible. To build a space ship built with the very strong and flexible carbon nanotubes would have been awesome in my opinion.
I saw the beach today, and i looked out into the ocean and it is one of the craziest sights there is. It seems like we are looking at the rest of eternity. I feel ancient and moved when I look at the water go into the distance. It made me think of the type of planet that can support this much life, and how unique our planet. Then I thought about the video that explained the ten dimensions in string theory. When this came to my mind i thought that in the big bang theory there must have been another planet like ours which means there must be other life in some remote solar system. I thought this was intresting.
Early in the first week a counselor had mentioned that at nano scales, substances have properties that wouldn’t make sense. In other words nanoparticles have properties that seem to break the laws of physics. I never really understood this concept and in fact I never attempted to learn it. It really didn’t seem logical until today. Today we did a lab where were able to directly interact with nanoscience while creating a bizarre form of art. We created a magnetic fluid called ferrofluid and we manipulated it to create three-dimensional liquid structures, which rose like a mountain above the surface of the fluid. We did this by placing a magnet bar beneath the tray containing the fluid. As we manipulated the placement of the magnet, metallic spikes rose all across the surface of the fluid. Because the substance changed with even the slightest motion of the magnet, the ferrofluid seemed to be alive and seemed to use the spikes as a communication device.
The reason why this lab stuck out to me was the fact that liquid is not expected to act like that. Apart from this substance, liquid generally moves in broad abstract waves rather than magnificent spikes. Also, unlike ordinary liquid this fluid did not need to be physically touched to perform but instead it just needed to be in contact with an invisible magnetic field. We created this iron-based ferrofluid by slowly mixing a known amount of FeCl2, FeCl3, H20, and ammonium hydroxide. On average ferrofluids contain about 5% magnetic solids, 10% surfactant, and 85% carrier, by volume. This lab gave me the greatest depiction of not only the collaboration of science and art, but also the properties and future potentials of nanotechnologies.
The Fowler muesum of art was very nice. It was a cool change of pace to what seems to be the intense science that we have been learning. Seeing the art of the Australian natives was amazing, the patterns pretty psychedelic and i was pretty inspired. The plasma lab was very crazy. The had this huge room filled with this long tube that made very hot plasma inside. It was pretty hard to fathom how hot some of the plasma was, and how fast the plasma particles were moving. This stuff was extratrerrestrial, it was from another galaxy.
The ancient book section was intresting too. I could picture Copernicus sitting there thinking about revolutionary ideas. Having one of his lightbulb moments about the heliocentirc theory and being inspired. The book written by Florence Nightingale was intresting too. I do not know if there is something with me, but it is very intresting thinking about the famous authors working really hard at a candle lit desk raking thier brains to find out new theorems and laws that will change the world forever. A question that I brought up was the fact that fire is a plasma. So I asked the guy giving us the tour and I think he ignored. I asked if you really want to study more about plams why would you not study a fire? It seems pretty simple, I am not very sure if a fire is a plasma but it came to my mind.
The boundaries that man has put upon the creation of new technology is the aftermath of catastrophic events such as the atomic bomb and other weapons of mass destruction. The lecture today was a very thought-provoking, the ideas were asking for debate and interaction. A new portable device that enables you to access everything in the world anywhere in the world, with pretty much the only need being your fingers. Japanese cars with slick designs, glinting with fresh paint begging to be bought. These new inventions would make my old dad say ” were not in Kansas anymore” to my mom. The art that John made even seemed innovative, part of a new and improved evolutionized way of thinking. The brief debate was that how far is enough, I think that new technology that makes dangerous actions less of a risk is a smart thing. Such as the car in Japan that rotated so that you could see exactly where you were parallel parking was really smart and would be used well. The worrisome idea is the use of newfound technology for the use of weapons. Yes we should not be naive and think that the rulers of the Earth would not do something so stupid and aggressive, but to not trust anybody is not a vey bright idea. The technology should definitely have some sort of sanctions in order to prevent another world war, which would destroy almost all humans. You can call me an extremist but i do not think guns should be legal, hunting is the worst sport and guns find themselves in the hands of criminals.
http://www.ted.com/
http://www.intelligentmobility.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpI4EiGACo8
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
Crazy to think that people care so much about killing others.
It was not especially difficult to form the ferrofluid as it only involved the mixing, diluting, and draining of a few various chemicals. The most interesting part of the end result, however, was the manner in which the ferrofluid would react to the magnetic block when said block was held about a 1/4 inch or so away from the weightboat containing the fluid. In most cases, the fluid would “spike” up, forming various pointed black ridges that would rise and fall depending on the manipulation of the magnet below. 
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Early in the first week a counselor had mentioned that at nano scales, substances have properties that wouldn’t make sense. In other words nanoparticles have properties that seem to break the laws of physics. I never really understood this concept and in fact I never attempted to learn it. It really didn’t seem logical until today. Today we did a lab where were able to directly interact with nanoscience while creating a bizarre form of art. We created a magnetic fluid called ferrofluid and we manipulated it to create three-dimensional liquid structures, which rose like a mountain above the surface of the fluid. We did this by placing a magnet bar beneath the tray containing the fluid. As we manipulated the placement of the magnet, metallic spikes rose all across the surface of the fluid. Because the substance changed with even the slightest motion of the magnet, the ferrofluid seemed to be alive and seemed to use the spikes as a communication device.
m this substance, liquid generally moves in broad abstract waves rather than magnificent spikes. Also, unlike ordinary liquid this fluid did not need to be physically touched to perform but instead it just
needed to be in contact with an invisible magnetic field. We created this iron-based ferrofluid by slowly mixing a known amount of FeCl2, FeCl3, H20, and ammonium hydroxide. On average ferrofluids contain about 5% magnetic solids, 10% surfactant, and 85% carrier, by volume. This lab gave me the greatest depiction of not only the collaboration of science and art, but also the properties and future potentials of nanotechnologies.
