Nano+Bio+Art

 Today’s discussion was about vision and optical illusion. We learned the different ways we all see colors – The object absorbs different colors and wavelengths (apple absorbs all colors except red).(http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/vision/rodcone.html) Rods and cones are color receiving sensors or cells and the rods are used during the night while the cones are used during the day. Humans only [...]

Today, we discussed during the lecture, the molecular nanostructures. The question they asked us was- to find out why graphite could was a conductor of electricity and why a diamond was not. At first, I did not know the answer but when it was explained, it made sense. Graphite is a conductor because it has one [...]

Today, during Mattia and Rita’s lecture we all learned about variations in brain waves. There is always going to be an emotional connection to sound and when sound waves hit the ear drum, emotion can be determined. An also, I learned that there is an inherent link between human emotion and color, for example during the [...]

What astonished me the most today was the amount of style each attraction possessed. (http://www.sciencemag.org/)The California Science Center was filled with more of a scientific approach, whereas the Santa Monica Museum was more sensual/ artistic, and finally Venice Beach allocated a cultural style. The science center had unique demonstrations of their aquatic species and by using [...]

  We started off the day with John Carpenter, a guest speaker from the artistic field. He basically showed us the different art pieces that can either represent a cell or an art piece that resembled a cell, but was really a spinal cord (cat scan). ( http://www.christopherreeve.org/site/c.ddJFKRNoFiG/b.4427053/k.F400/Spinal_Cord_Atlas__ Introduction_and_Mouse_Spinal_Cord.htm)  Carpenter also alluded to something interesting about the image. [...]

Here we have a new day at the Sci/Art Nano Lab filled with numerous activities and adventures. We started off the day by going to the auditorium learning about light and its specific properties. Speakers, Sarah and Pinar discussed the unique dispersion prism. I discovered that a prism can be used to break light up into [...]

Today was yet another day of Sci/Art Nano Lab and it was pretty much the most relaxing and interesting time. We had a lecture from speaker Miu and I thought it was really gripping how there are so many unique variations in patterns. Before this I had never really paid attention to the ornamentation everywhere, especially [...]

Yes, it is the second day of the Sci/Art Nano Lab and although I may be tired right now, I should expect a lot more. The primary activity we did was take a usual visit to the auditorium. Expecting another long lecture, I was bewildered to enjoy the time with Mattia ad Rita. When I [...]

<img http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/scientific-stereotype.html src=”http://esibuilding.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/nanotechnology-kd-001.jpg” alt=”This is a picture of the example that we received in class today of glass.” /> Today was my first day of Sci/Art Nano Lab for the year of 2010. I acquired useful information regarding the division of art and science. Vincent Van Go was deemed as a mad scientist. Leonardo Da Vinci was [...]