Nano+Bio+Art

Today we worked on our projects. It was so fun, interesting, motivating, and was a great use of my time. I had soooooo much fun. I got so much done, and now i feel ready for tomorrows presentation. But the highlight was going to the Also I like Rock concert. Although the first band Kittens was [...]

i watched a movie

Today, I thought about art. This is because we visited the Getty Museum . The oil paintings from the enlightenment period grasped my attention. The paintings were mostly bland, with one or two people. Usually they were portraits of one person. Although they were bland, they were intriguing. They often had history behind them; captions were placed [...]

I was exposed to computer art /algorithmic art.  The idea was simple.  They created a program where creatures created from code could be made interactively.  The creature was more complex, certain properties were added such as hierarchy between different “species”.  There concept was to create a visually pleasing character that could be created and played with by anybody, not [...]

The day started off with a trip to the California science center . The museum was interesting; the exhibit of science working in the city of L.A. was the most interesting. The museum was interesting in that it displayed a lot of things in our daily lives and it showed the science behind many things we use without [...]

Today we went to the botanic garden. The guy there was very enthusiastic when explaining to use abou the different plants and trees that are grown there. I was surprised that these trees from australia and Africa and other places in the world could survive in southern california. I guess southern california is a good place [...]

The day started with a bio optics lecture. Our homework was to find a bio-optic creature to share so I chose the anglerfish. The anglerfish has a growth called esca that extends from its spine. The anglerfish then wiggles the esca imitating a small fish and luring other fish to it. And deep-sea anglerfish collects bacteria [...]

Today our first lecture was waves.  Although we started with a review from what I was taught in high school (such as the difference between longitudinal and transverse), it was connected to nanotechnology.  I thought it was really interesting how color changes with size and shape when it gets down the nano.  But I understand how [...]

Today was my first day.  I was informed on the general background of nanotechnology and its history.  What I found especially interesting was the dangers predicted about nanotechnology such as the “gray goo”.  I had never thought about the consequences of something like nanotechnology.  Probably because of my thinking that any advance of technology is a good thing, [...]