Nano+Bio+Art

Today was a bittersweet day because it definitely felt like the end. While the day started out like all the others with a “Look Around You” video and the blog of the day, the rest of the day was devoted to working on our final projects. My group had worked on ours throughout the week so [...]

Today was a really fun day because we learned about topics that you can test without any equipment. The overall theme was senses and how sometimes we do not perceive the world around us accurately.  Pinar and Sara gave a lecture on optical illusions, which I found really interesting because throughout my life I have always [...]

Today was another interesting day at the nano-lab. This day covered some of the best of science and art. Rommie first immersed us in the complexity of DNA by teaching us about DNA origami. I loved this topic because it truly makes the core form of life an art form. This process involves the folding of [...]

Today was an interesting but busy day. I truly learned about the artistic experience and that the emotional response is more scientific than I once thought. Mattia and Rita began the day with a lecture that revolved around bio waves. Sound waves were the first they addressed. It was interesting how a person’s response to sound [...]

Today was my favorite day thus far because we went off the UCLA campus and got to see another part of LA. Maybe a little too much…:) We started out with the California science center where we saw a lot of cool exhibits. The first room I went into was  a surrounded with a large video [...]

Today was a nice day because we were able to let our imaginations run wild. The day started out with a lecture by John Carpenter who showed us his unique art. (1) His first image consisted a cat scan that showed a mouse’s spinal chord. I loved the fluorescent colors he used in his piece to [...]

Today was my favorite day so far because we touched on some of the topics that interest me most. The morning started outwith a lecture regarding light´s  properties. we defined important properties  like transparency, opaqueness, and translucence. This was a very interesting lecture because I had forgotten a lot about chemistry. I learned about the ways [...]

Today was an interesting day because we were able to tap into our artistic sides. The day startedout with a lecture where we examined patterns in nature. These patterns were called “self-organized” patterns. These are defined as a process where a structure or pattern appears in a system without a central authority or external element imposing [...]

Today was exciting because we were able to learn about nanotechnology in a hands on way. The day started out in the auditorium where we were given background on waves. The string theory came up early in the presentation, but while I had never learned about it, I had heard of it many times. I was left with [...]

Today we were exposed basics of nanotechnology and told to breach boundaries, question authority,and imagine the unimaginable. While knowledge of nanoscience has been around for hundreds of years, humans are now able to harness this knowledge along with the more recent technological advancements in order to create new ways to address problems  and possibilities. At first, [...]