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EVENT 3: Final Review Study Guide Me at the review These are the notes I took during the presentation: Best of Event Project: -covered the whole event and added some things related to it -did her own research -label on the photos -descriptive subtitles to photos  -related the event to what we learned -this is the first event photo on my phone 
-best of Midterm Project: -student came and met with the TA b4 she turned it in -by an engineering student—> incorporated his engineering learning into his project -how do robots and superheroes merge -what is a device that an really save you -focused on what it means to have the design and aesthetics work together Vesna: whatever you do in your life you will need to pitch something to somebody at some point -when you learn how to very quickly explain your pitch people call that an elevator pitch -b/c you meet people who are busy so u need to pitch it in an elevator -learning how to very quickly com...

Art and Nanotechnology It seems to me that each week, we are taught about increasingly impressive technologies. This week’s lecture continued that trend.  Dr. Gimzewski’s lectures showed me how shockingly little I knew about nanotech. Before viewing his lectures, I thought nanotech was only a twenty first century innovation and pertained specifically to devices powered by a computer. Well, just about two minutes into his first lecture I learned I was dead wrong about nanotech only being a twenty first century technology. Richard Feynman, known as the founder of the conceptual origins of nanotech, gave a famous lecture in 1959 titled “Plenty of Room at the Bottom”. In this lecture, he discussed the possibilities of what would become to be known as nanotech. Feynman’s lecture inspired waves of new scientists whose work advanced the new field of nanotechnology. In this blog, I will cover the Scanning Tunneling Microscope and specifically Don Eigler’s Quantum Corrals. Dia...

Week 7- LSD, COCAINE, ART I believe that the human brain is an intricately beautiful object. Its complexities and capabilities truly amaze me. This weeks unit focused on the mind and the brain. Professor Vesna’s last lecture was centered on neuro-chemicals and specifically drugs.                                      LSD tab art Cocaine began as a medicine. In the early 1880s, pharmaceutical houses touted it as a cure for everything from morphine addiction and depression to dyspepsia and fatigue. It was widely available in tonics, powders, wines and soft drinks before its mass consumption created a large group of raging addicts demanding medical attention. Even Sigmund Freud used and administered cocaine in a medical setting. Frued’s research with cocaine effects was due to a personal reason. Frued wanted to help a friend that had a morphine addiction by using cocaine....

Bio Tech and Art The combination Biotech and Art creates very complex medium. Professor Vesna began her lecture by explaining that bio technology, genetics, and technology artists have entered into laboratories working directly with biologists and neurologists. These biotech artists usually work with genetics to create their own unique works of art. The reason why I claimed that biotech and art is a very complex medium is for two reasons. First, the works of art usually involve complex and advanced scientific knowledge and techniques. Secondly, biotech and art is a complex medium because of the ethical issues surrounding modification of living things. It is this ethical dilemma that I will explore today. Kac's GFP bunny. Notice how it glows in the dark.  Discussions of what is at stake in bio-artworks tend to focus on questions such as: Should artists be allowed to meddle with life? What are the potential implications of artists letting laboratory life forms into the e...

mnemoawari Me with Joteva. I am in the hat and glasses.   E. Joteva’s mnemoawari was a very interesting exhibit. Mnemoawari is a three day performance centered around awareness, dreaming, and memory.  The exhibit was organized into 3 different stages that represented the past, present, and future. Present : A cryo-sculpture. The ball is frozen and the melted water drips into the hole. The present was represented by three hanging “cryo-sculptures”. These cryo-sculptures were suspended balls of what appeared to be plants, flowers, and mushrooms. These balls were cryogenically frozen. As they hung, they would slowly melt. As the melted, the interior of the ball would be slowly revealed. The water would drip into a collection area. A loud speaker would project the sound of the water dripping over the whole exhibit. These melting balls represented the present because they were in the process of transformation. They exist in their current state; the pres...

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