Nano+Bio+Art

Even though the program ended a while ago, Sci/art nanolab will be on my mind forever.  We are the third culture, and every single person who got to enjoy the program will work to incorporate science and art in their lives. I know that we all learned so much and will be successful members and contributors to [...]

The pressure is on as we race to finish our projects. Basically, its pure chaos.  My groups project came together really well and we are excited for our big debut. Whatever you do, there is always a big push to get everything looking its best.   http//www.seekwebs.webs.comis the magical site containing the greatness that is our project, [...]

Sitting down to do this blog is probably the most relaxing thing I have done all day, its been non-stop nanoscience for us! The morning was filled to capacity with lectures which overflowed into the afternoon.  The science behind optical illusions is something i had never thought about before. I never realized that what optical illusions were was the [...]

Day…eight!!?!?! Time flies, and as I tagged this blog as my 8th blog, I realized i have learned so much in these 8 days. Just taking a moment to reflect, I feel like now, I can be an educated member of the community when it comes to nanotechnologies and science and art in general. That being said, [...]

Human connection to sound , color and emotion, controversial theories, and sixth senses were all topics that dominated today’s discussions. We enjoyed a video chat with Victoria Vesna and learned about the cool phenomena she has been discussing abroad. Today, I met the coolest scientist/artist I have ever met, and the type of person I aspire to think like as I [...]

From the Ecosystems Exhibits at the Science Center to Venice Beach, Fish and Fishes were everywhere in-between. Being a member of the California Science Center , sometimes I get bored of exhibits but a new addition that will perpetualy amaze me is the Ecosystems Exhibit , composed of different terrains and ecosystems you can explore.  Everyone jumped right into it [...]

Today, we got to see works that could only be created by minds that were allowed to wander for a while.  Midterm presentation day- many feared it, few could forget it, and everyone was impressed by the final results.  John [...]

                                Translucency was the common thread that related to literally every activity we did today. There was always something transparent to admire or information on the science behind color to understand. Pinar and Sarah taught us about optical properties of materials. There are tons of applications and interesting applications where utilizing optical properties can create functional [...]

Day 3, 6/22/10 After a beautiful American Soccer victory, Miu and Rommie gave us a great presentation which was definitely my favorite so far. It was about art forms in nature. Gorgeous pictures were the introduction to some really cool science about self-organized patterns and morphogenesis. Morphogenesis is something I have never studied before so I [...]

Day Two: A short sleep and a little bit of fro-yo is all that  could keep me from jumping strait back into science today.  This morning we kicked off our day with a lecture by presenters Rita and Mattia.  The topic was waves/wavelengths-which really interest me because I don’t believe that all types of wavelengths have definitely been [...]

Day One: Everything today has been mind boggling. I want to kick things off with something that I heard in class today- “scientists can interact with the observed”.   As I report and analyze what I observe, I feel like the best way to interact and connect is by cutting down the science lingo and putting my blogs in the most accesable form( unless the [...]