Nano+Bio+Art

We started with a lecture today about vision and optical illusion. The color of an object is determined by the wavelength that has not been absorbed by the object. The waves are intercepted by our eyes and signals are sent back into the brain. This is how our brain manages to form images. Light emits particles [...]

Today we started on a lecture by Mattia and Rita on Biowaves. We learned that sound waves hit the ear drum. They relate to emotion and our evolution and are relayed back to the brain. Sound waves, also make us react and receive emotions, for example the McDonalds sign makes us both hungry and rushed. It’s [...]

Today we got to go the the Getty Museum, somewhere I’ve never been to before. I went to see the “Engaged Observers” exhibit. It mainly targeted social concerns and present distinct personal visions of the world. They had pictures from many different wars, invasions, uprisings and other things. Most of the pictures were extremely sad, [...]

Today we started on a lecture by Mattia and Rita on Biowaves. We learned that sound waves hit the ear drum. They relate to emotion and our evolution and are relayed back to the brain. Sound waves, also make us react and receive emotions, for example the McDonalds sign makes us both hungry and rushed. It’s [...]

Today we started with another lecture, this time about optics and color. We learned about the light dispersion prism, how different materials can affect the way light acts, how we see color is affected by light, LASERS, LED lights, and lastly quantum dots. I especially liked seeing the laser and quantum dots. The laser art was [...]

Today, we started off  with a different lecture! It was about art in nature. We learned that one of the artistic parts of nature are patterns. The most commonly seen patterns are in living organisms. In animals, we see patterns on zebras, fish, moths, etc. These patterns help them to camouflage, attract mates, or in general: [...]

Today was the second day at Sci|Art Nanolab. Yet more surprises from today! We started our day off with another video and then lecture. Another topic that I didn’t expect in here: waves. When they said waves, the first thing I thought of was the ocean kind of wave. We learned that they were actually disturbances [...]

Today was the first day at Sci|Art Nanolab. I really didn’t know what to expect, so most of it came as a surprise to me. I thought it was just going to be a boring program with a ton of lectures and then a final project. It came as a shock to me how absolutely compelling [...]