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Week 8 NanoTech+ Art

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When connecting nanotechnology and art,  you have to think about the tiny parts of what makes up different structures. Modern technologies of  nanotechnology has made it possible for scientists to see what was at one point, invisible. According to Dr. Gimzewski, nanotechnology has helped us to really see the smallest structures of matter and change them. Dr. Gimzewski explained that nanoparticles construct themselves in hierarchies. the blue morpho butterfly was extremely helpful when I was staying to understand it. Gimzewski later states that nanostructures like the  butterflies play a big role in he complexity, design and organization of their wings. This is similar to the way nanoparticles self construct in many diff ways. technology today allows us to be control this self- organization and also allows for us to "make more complex functional structure and replicate others" (Gimzewski). Examples are pharmaceuticals. When art comes in, the article on John Curtin&#
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Week 9: Space +Art

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L. Dove, Laurie. "How a Supernova Works." HowStuffWorks Science. HowStuffWorks, 29 Sept. 2011. Web. 28 May 2017.                   Professor Vesna explained is the video lectures, space is where math, science, art, nanotechnology intertwine. Art has allowed for what was once unknown to turn into real life and has helped us learn more about our planet, universe and everything around us in this world. Morningstar, Conrad. "Time Traveling Views from Stars." OMNI Media. N.p., 25 Nov. 2016. Web. 28 May 2017                  The "Powers of Ten" video,  puts into perspective how tiny humans are when we think about the rest of the world around us. Scientists today are able to enhance in both positive and negative directions and are able to look deeper in these ways in space because it shows us images that tell us specifically what is in universe and even how we were created and how life first began. "Sputnik Sweetheart." Good Reads. N.p., n.
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Event #3

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(personal pictures) This week I went to the "Creating Fertile Ground ArtSci Collaboration" given by Austria Claudia Schnugg. I liked how she started off saying how usually Scientists and are not usually on the same page with their work but they in fact are very similar and can be used in collaboration to create world changing products. "Unicorn- A Fashionable Brain Scan." G.tec. N.p., 18 Apr. 2016. Web. 25 May 2017. One of the most interesting products that Schnugg discussed was the "Agent Unicorn". Agent Unicorn is a unicorn shaped head piece that has a camera that measure brain activity with share active dry electrodes. The horn shaped headpiece is used by people with ADHD and is used to help figure out what triggers their attention. When the attention of the user is high, the camera goes on and it record what is in front off the user. The headpiece was created in collaboration with neuroscientist, therapists, software and hardware. personal
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Week 7: Neuroscience + Art

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http://www.educationnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/brian_scan.jpg Neuroscience joined with art has allowed for scientists to accurately map and model the brain. Mapping the brain has helped scientists see the many functions of each part of the brain, and to see if the brain is functioning correctly. A fMRI, an example of brain mapping, allows for images of the brain to be seen by doctors to see if the brain is functioning correctly. Suzanne Anker used fMRI's as a form of art by superimposing butterflies as an overlay on the fMRI which gives somewhat of an optical illusion for the viewer. Anker's technique influences scientists to continue the work to gain more information about the brain. http://www.nature.com/nrn/journal/v10/n11/fig_tab/nrn2736_F2.html In the article "Neuroculture", neuroculture is defined as "The interaction between art and science offers an opportunity to make the scientific community and the public aware of the social and ethi
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Week 6: Biotech and Art

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In the week's lecture videos, Professor Vesna discussed how artists have been able to expand their creativity by integrating biotechnology into their art. The use of biotechnology in art is very controversial when it comes to artists' using living things like animals or humans and using them last "art". Some individuals say that using transgenics and gene modification could  help 'bring us closer to our own human health issues' (High). Kathy High's Experiment on rat laughter that recorder sounds of rats was shaped after the human phenomena that laughter is contagious. Experiments like High's could help us humans for the better. Unlike High, some artists have been judged for using living organism as art. the controversy comes from whether art should be worth more than humanistic. I don't think artists should use life as a form of art because artists that use bioart just for decoration or just others entertainment is different than scientist usi
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Event #2

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When I attended the Brainstorming session event, I was shockingly surprised on how interesting the vent was. At first, when he showed the video on the wall of all the technical details, I was confused but then tried to focus on the big picture of what is trying to be accomplished. When I read about the live experiment about how brainwaves react to music and color, I found it interesting that they believed that people could befriend other off this experiment. It also left me with a lot of questions, which I'm sure are hard to answer. What exactly does the synchronizing of brainwaves have to relate with two people being alike. Also, why did they choose octopus's as the design of the hats, I just found it interesting of all things, octopus's. Also, if the experiment was done on a significant number of people, did those people end up talking after and being alike in any way. All around, the event was pretty informational, and interesting. I wish we could've done the real ex
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Midterm

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_8Nxcsdw_XORG1FOUpGaXVPTWs/view?usp=sharing Turned in at 12:09 am because I was confused on how to share the link. Sorry for it being a little late
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