Nano+Bio+Art

As the program draws to a near, I would like to reflect upon what has happened here at the UCLA Sci | Art Nanolab program. It was one of the most amazing experiences I’ve had before, and I wish I could have the opportunity to do this all again. The lectures were mainly interesting, and I [...]

Today, we had another lecture given to us by Pinar and Sara on the topic of optical illusions and vision. They gave us the core basics of how the eye works and how the brain develops the picture in response to the light being projected upon the optic nerve and how the rods/cones take in that light. [...]

Today, we were given a lecture by both Miu and Romie about molecular nanostructures. These are entities that control shapes and patterns. Then the concept of  molecular geometry was discussed with us. This was kind of chemistry review, but nonetheless interesting to review again. Then the man  Nadrian Seeman was brought up, and he was the one [...]

We started the day off today with Mattia and Rita giving a presentation on biowaves. Starting with sound, they presented the idea of emotions connected to sound waves , where they gave the examples of music and babies. They then moved on to the sense of smell, where there are currently teo plausible theories of odor which include [...]

Today, Pinar and Sara gave a presentation that interested me a lot that included lights, lasers, and LEDs. Sara started off the presentation by describing the electromagnetic spectrum, and then quizzed us with the picture of the light dispersion prism that’s on the Pink Floyd album. I learned how the prism takes in light that’s all [...]

Today, our group went to the California Science Center , the Santa Monica Museum of Art , and Venice Beach . At the science center today, our group enjoyed our visit by experiencing a room filled with projections showing the beauty of nature in three very large screens. The projections made it actually seem as if we were really experiencing the nature [...]

Today we were visited by John Carpenter, and he showed our class many neat things. He presented a picture of a spinal chord that had different pictures stacked on top of each other which showed an image in which portrayed the health of the spinal chord. The picture was very colorful and aesthetically pleasing in my [...]

Today, Pinar and Sara gave a presentation that interested me a lot that included lights, lasers, and LEDs. Sara started off the presentation by describing the electromagnetic spectrum, and then quizzed us with the picture of the light dispersion prism that’s on the Pink Floyd album. I learned how the prism takes in light that’s all [...]

On this third day of the program, we first had a morning lecture about patterns occurring in nature, where the patterns are self organized, where the reason for these patterns is not because some higher authority wanted it to be that way, but because the pigments have some reason to create the pattern. For example, the [...]

On day two of the program, there were many exciting activities we did and presentations that I saw. There were lectures of waves and ferrofluids, where we got a hands on experience with both of the subjects. What interested me a lot was the concept of magnetic waves to levitate objects. I already know that they [...]

So today was the first lecture I had at this nanolab program, and from the beginning learned that there is a difference between nano-science and nano-tech. The latter is when the nano science is used to solve a problem. Nanotechnology has to do a lot with finding what building blocks to use for the different categories [...]