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JULY 13, 2009

By didiwinner | Published: July 14, 2009

Usually when I think of shapes, I think of geometry and of circles and triangles and squares and what not. I also think of curves, lines, hyperbolas and parabolas. I remember in Algebra 2 my teacher would make us to “Math Aerobics” in which our arms would mimic the shapes of different quadratic functions. Today’s discussion about shape in dance reminded me a lot about the silly “Math Aerobics” I used to have to do.

This morning, we discussed shape in nature, design, music, dance, and art, but nobody mentioned fashion and beauty. The human body comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes such as hourglass, rectangle, oval and the list goes on. As a result, clothing must be shaped in order to cover the body in eye-catching and flattering ways. Fashion designer Santino Rice appeared on the show “America’s Smartest Model” saying that one only needed 8 different geometric shapes in order to make beautiful clothes. A circle, triangle, square, rectangle, hexagon, pentagon, octagon, and oval when assembled together in the right way, could result in beautiful clothing. Famous fashion designers including Zac Posen, Marc Jacobs and Karl Lagerfeld have all featured geometric silhouettes and patterns. bodyshapes2

Much like the body, faces come in a variety of shapes as well. There are hearts, ovals, squares etc. In order to accentuate the shape of the the facial structure, it is important for people to wear their hair a certain way. Shapes also play an important role in one’s facial features. For example, do you have large round eyes or smaller almond shaped eyes? Although at first it seems like it doesn’t pertain to us, shapes are actually what make us up.

Blog 6: Magnets and Photolithographic effects

By dylanoldenburg | Published: July 14, 2009

Today’s labs were quite interesting. We were able to work with magnetite, whose chemical compound is Fe3O4. We formed this by using both Ferric and Ferrous ions combined with three hydroxide ions, forming a FeO(OH) compound which combined with tetramethylammonium hydroxide. This made me realize that nucleation reactions can occur unexpectedly and spontaneously without any added energy. I recall doing precipitate labs in AP Chemistry class, but none of them were able to be magnets and attach to other magnets at bottom surfaces. Usually they just make cool colours like yellow chromate solids or others involving transition metals, such as the specific oxidation states involved in the solid. They generally have a Ksp of a very low number when bonded to oxygen or hydroxide anions, because hydroxide is not at all soluble with anything besides 1A alkali metals, which are soluble with everything, and of course ammonium salts. Photolithography was very interesting as well, because the UV rays can give copper covered by a protection paper an amazing effect with transparencies. Also, the Look Around You inspired me to research my ancestors’ pasts, and maybe see if there are any available spirits to see and carry out experiments with gigantic machines that contain a thousand buttons each which have unknown functions. Also, I will note in my copybook that not all ghosts are cooperative, despite past procedures that affirm otherwise.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetramethylammonium_hydroxide

http://www.galleries.com/Minerals/Oxides/MAGNETIT/MAGNETIT.htm

http://webmineral.com/data/Magnetite.shtml

http://www.ece.gatech.edu/research/labs/vc/theory/photolith.html

http://www.ee.washington.edu/research/microtech/cam/PROCESSES/PDF%20FILES/Photolithography.pdf

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By joshfaskowitz | Published: July 14, 2009

Today was a day of results. We presented our midterms and we saw the DSMA kid’s final presentations.

http://www.tranism.com/weblog/images/nanobot_01-1.jpg

No nanobots!

My group went through pletny of good ideas to decide on a final point. We decided we would be a little different in our ideas, playing off the theme of ‘imagine the impossible’. Now of course, nanobots that can cure caner are pretty imaginative and quite possibly impossible, but that was a no go for us. We decided no nanobots. Nanobots were getting plenty of press coverage from the other groups anyways. Its just that in my opinion, nanobots are simply a dues ex machina, an easy escape.

We decided to go out of the box, way out. First there was the light show of quantum dots in the sky; the aperture microsope to scan foods for particular molecules for allergies; lenses that could video record; a room that was a sound landscape. What we ultimately decided upon was much larger in scope.

This is a sound landscape by Tyler Adams

http://www.onr.navy.mil/media/releases/image_gallery/images/01_quantum_dots.jpg

These are bottles of quantum dot solution

We came up with an alternate future where everything has quantum dots inside of it. Everything, down to the last brink and painted wall would include quantum dots. Quantum dots are nano sized particles that have a florescent glow when stimulated with a light wave. If there was a world were everything with quantum dots of all the colors in it, everything would glow ambient white. What we want is do ultize a universal contact lense that could filter this quantum light.

This could create a world where each person could customize their vision. Each person in the massive scape of things could see the world how they want to individually see it. This would be just plain awesome and it could provide for safer situations (such as like driving).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_dot

http://www.invitrogen.com/site/us/en/home/brands/Molecular-Probes/Key-Molecular-Probes-Products/Qdot.html

https://www.llnl.gov/str/Lee.html

http://www.t-adams.com/ls.php

http://www.evidenttech.com/quantum-dots-explained/how-quantum-dots-work.html

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FINAL TEMPLATES

By adam | Published: July 14, 2009

here are the powerpoint and keynote templates…

POWERPOINT // POWERPOINT (ZIPPED)

KEYNOTE (ZIPPED)

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Day 5. July 13th.

By Gabriela Rosales | Published: July 14, 2009

Shapes define our world…

I had not really bothered to pay attention to all the shapes that are around defining what we call nature. Most amazingly the shapes can be found in our own solar system. Our simples living organism, an atom, looks just like the planets rotating around.

What interested me the most was the shape defined by music. Of course we have all seen the Itunes vizualizer where the little dots move around trying to keep up with the music. But what Rita and Gau showed us, left me in awe.

Interpreting music itself is an art, now having the frequency of the song itself change the shape of something else. That is just amazing. I am currently in my bed typing away. I woke up early for some random reason so i decided to blog. I see shapes on my ceiling. The light thing is a rectangle filled with little diamonds and the such. My computer is a box filled with potential.

Now to completely change the topic….

PLASMA!! Okay everyone was extremely amazed at the lab. I was just like eh since i spend a lot of time there doing some research with Walter and other high school students. What makes this lab so amazing to me that keeps me coming back each week for more? No idea there is always something new to do. First day I went they were testing the Langmeir Probe. A couple weeks later they are building another one. Now it is the whistler Wave probe. There is so many undiscovered mysteries in plasma that always leaves me wanting to know more.

Links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_(physics)

http://www.plasmas.org/what-are-plasmas.htm

http://coke.physics.ucla.edu/laptag/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shape

http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/Rivertime/chp14.htm

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Plasma is gorgeous

By edwardkehoe | Published: July 14, 2009

07.13.09 UCLA- Flashes emerged from the window of the large plasma device (LAPD). The surface of this machine is hot like an oven. Inside this giant monster lies machinery capable of reaching temperatures of 250 Million degrees Celsius. Now most people would wonder how in the world this machine is capable of reaching such high temperatures when highest melting point of any metals is 3000 Celsius. A rough explanation on the reason this machine isn’t a glowing hot red ball of fire is the mere fat that it pulses at about 1/15000th a second and the whole process takes place in the middle of the machine away from the actual walls. The whole plasma process is never to touch the sides the of the walls.

Now the real question is what is the purpose of exploring temperature? That is the question that never really got answered even during the lectures. So today for this blog I’ll look further into this now that I’ve explained the basics of what a LAPD (large plasma device) is.

When you first think of plasma your probably think of plasma T.V.’s. In plasma T.V.’s a nobel gas is sandwiched between two panels of glass. Then the gas then is charged with a current and turns into plasma which excites the phosphorus which then emits a colour. Florescent lamps also use a plasma based concept. Inside the light bulbs is also a gas and it too emits light. Neon signs also share the same concept. Some other places plasma is used is for Nasa’s heat shields, ozone generators, plasma torch, and their generated in tesla coils. And in these pieces of technology the same concepts are done where a gas is burned creating a plasma at very high temperature. In all this technology at this point i limited to certain applications however in its future it’s very likely that it’ll become more and more popular.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/plasma-converter.htm

http://www.enotes.com/how-products-encyclopedia/light-bulb

http://www.plasmas.org/what-are-plasmas.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_(physics)

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/plasma-display.htm

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Practicalities of Plasma

By amandapierz | Published: July 14, 2009

Today as part of our rotating laboratory activities, we went to the UCLA Plasma Research Center. One of the relevant topics in the research center was the practical applications of plasmids in daily life. Little did I know, that plasmids are used in many aspects of my life although I hadn’t realized it.

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Plasmas are most commonly used in florescent lighting such as those in school and industrial lighting. The plasma is created inside a glass tube by applying an electric current to a gas. Then the inner wall of the tube becomes coated with a material that eventually illuminates as the electrons discharge from the plasma. This process occurs when gases change into plasmas by while heating electrons. As a high-speed molecule collides with a gas atom, it leaves a charged atom and the gas becomes conductive.

Some of its lesser known uses include creating microelectronic, electronic devices, and semiconductors as well as making transmitting for microwaves and high temperature film. Another innovative use of plasma is in working with minerals and extracting valuable metals from rocks.

Essentially from our trip to the Plasmid Center, I’ve learned a considerable amount about the uses of plasmids. This trip proved to insightful to learning about objects I use daily.

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By joshfaskowitz | Published: July 14, 2009

When I go to a museum and stare at the wondrous paintings, rarely do it think of science. I find myself enamored in the artistic strokes of the piece, following the paints of Van Gough or Monet all across the texture canvas surface. What I realized after this day was that this would not be possible without science– and pretty technical science for that matter.

This is the Getty imaging a mummy to help preserve it.

This guy who gave us the lecture was interesting.

Giacomo Chiari from the Getty museum came to lecture us about the scientific work that he does. He is able to utilize microscope technologies to penetrate a painting without even touching the surface. Waves are able show Giacomo what painting are made out of. For example, this is practical when examining an old painting with red paint in it. It could be paint made of multiple different materials- each which reflects light or waves differently. With a machine, one can identify correctly the type of paint used at the time which lets a restorer fix the painting correctly.

Also, Giacomo uses alterations in light to see hidden textures in painting. Using a spatial light modulator, one is able to focus a light from different angles to see varying contrasting on the surface of the painting. With this, one can read texts that have been faded out or see texture (such as cracks or brush stokes) not see to the human eye.

Also what I thought was interesting was how at the Getty, they blast light on the surface of paintings to see how much light they can withstand before they are faded. This can help a curator to choose certain spaces to display a certain piece of art. See, this is something I would have never thought about in a museum before until this lecture. Conservation image

http://www.oldhouseweb.net/how-to-advice/painting-historic-interiors.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial_light_modulator

http://www.getty.edu/conservation/

http://www.getty.edu/conservation/science/lighting/index.html

http://www.mfa.org/collections/sub.asp?key=44&subkey=94

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7/13/09

By oliviakaminsky | Published: July 14, 2009

Although all of the lab rotations were slightly tiring by the end of the today, today was filled with many memorable experiences. Beginning with the lecture, I had previously never thought about how the Bohr Diagram is very similar to the solar system. In some way, this almost connected science and art for me, because individuals are taking scientific concepts (like the solar system), and they are using creativity and inspiration to create future developments.

First on the rotating lab visits was to the museum. The works of art mainly consisted of symbols, lines, and dots; it was almost unrealistic to hear about the culture that the artists live in: women and children are sometimes not allowed to view the artwork because it holds such praise and importance. Following the museum, my group progressed into the library, in where we saw the historical collection of books. We were shown many books, and the stories behind several of the books were flat out amazing: for example, the one book that a UCLA alumni checked out in the 80s and took with her to space in a space shuttle.

Our last excursion of the day took place at the UCLA Plasma Research Center. Following an informative lecture, we were shown the device that works with the plasma. Despite its enormous size, our presenter explained that it took three-and-a-half years to build. The machine takes up more power than all of Brentwood does, and therefore, following every four months of running, the specialists turn it off for two or three weeks and perform mandatory repairs.

http://i318.photobucket.com/albums/mm425/hoops4kobe/86745126_7a641291c5.jpg

An image of plasma. This kind of reminded me of the mural in the Plasma Research Center that a former student drew.

http://i318.photobucket.com/albums/mm425/hoops4kobe/bohr.jpg

The Bohr Diagram…

http://i318.photobucket.com/albums/mm425/hoops4kobe/solarsystem.jpg

Compared to the solar system.

Links:

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/plasma-display2.htm

This website explains the use of plasma as it is in televisions.

http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/news/SE333nr.pdf

While searching about historic books, I stumbled upon this webiste. In 2006, UCLA launched the California Rare Book School, which is continuing-education program that provides training for people in the field of rare books and manuscripts.

http://www.research.ucla.edu/labs/index.htm

A website containing links to numerous labs at UCLA and more information about them.

http://media.radiosai.org/Journals/Vol_06/01NOV08/04-QFI.htm

This shows a deeper comparison between the Bohr Diagram and the solar sytem.

http://www.orbitals.com/orb/index.html

An interactive way to view the different possible shapes of atoms–inspired by today’s lecture on shapes.

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Blog 2 – July 8 :D

By stephaniefeng | Published: July 14, 2009

The topic of today’s study was Art, Science, and Nature. We began in the auditorium listening to a lecture about the Six Degrees of Separation. In this presentation, Leonardo de Caprio/da Vinci was connected to Barrack Obama after only 6 steps. These presentations ranged from the introduction of “vaults” and nanobots to Michael Jackson performing his hit, “Thriller”! Jackson, who has recently passed away, was said to have taken a type of drug that had a side effect of slowing the heart rate [leading to his death]. The presentation had an interesting theme to it, and learning about how Da Vinci and Michael Jackson alike, had incorporated both science and art in their lives was pretty interesting.

After the lecture, we all separated into our groups and were taken on lab tours! (: the first lab that Group Z went to was that of Dr. Fuyu Tamanoi & Dr. Jie Lu.

There we were shown pictures of the shadows of cells taken using a Holographic LUCAS [PICTURE]. Cells would be sandwiched and then illuminated which at that point would then get a picture taken. I thought that this invention was pretty awesome in that a normal cell phone or video camera is capable of projecting the shadow of a cell without even requiring a high-cost device. (:

We also visited another lab where we viewed breast cancer cells. Dr. Aydogan Ozcan & Sungkyu Seo showed us the cells up close through a light microscope [stained green] and they described how scientists all over the world were still searching for a cure for the disease but now incorporating nanotechnology. I thought that it was an intriguing spectacle to see these cells stained bright green and in a lab :D.

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/cell-phone-prototype-of-lensless-77054.aspx

http://www.photonics.com/Content/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=36533

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_1X_What_is_breast_cancer_5.asp

http://kidshealth.org/kid/grownup/conditions/breast_cancer.html

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JULY 13, 2009

Blog 6: Magnets and Photolithographic effects

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FINAL TEMPLATES

Day 5. July 13th.

Plasma is gorgeous

Practicalities of Plasma

Some of its lesser known uses include creating microelectronic, electronic devices, and semiconductors as well as making transmitting for microwaves and high temperature film. Another innovative use of plasma is in working with minerals and extracting valuable metals from rocks.

Essentially from our trip to the Plasmid Center, I’ve learned a considerable amount about the uses of plasmids. This trip proved to insightful to learning about objects I use daily.

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7/13/09

Blog 2 – July 8 :D

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