Week 8

This week's topic is Nanotechnology and art. Nanotechnology is a combination of biology, science, and chemistry. More specially, nanotechnology is the study of changes made at the atomic level. Through these changes, the material become more durable and better for people's usages. The machine on the left can help people to see at an atomic level, such as at 20 nano-meters.

One of the common examples, as introduced in the lecture video, is diamond and carbon. Diamond and carbon are made from the same material. However, when we change the position of atoms, carbon may become diamond, and vise versa. The picture on the right shows atomic structures.


There is an artwork which makes the Nanotechnology tangible. For example, people can wear magnetic ring and therefore feel the magnetic forces. The combination of Nanotechnology and art is usually presented in the form of videos and sounds.

I watched the TED video created by Ray Kurzweil. He discussed the advantages of the technology and how everything grows exponentially despite other conditions. The growth is very stable, and we may predict the future through exponential growth's graph. I think that the fast growth in technology makes the connection between Nanotechnology and art possible.  

Nanotechnology's advances help preventing diseases as the nanoparticles allows people to see blood clots. For example, scanning tunneling microscope (STM) creates images in 3-D at the atomic level. The picture below shows how STM works.

Works Cited
Riskbites. YouTube. YouTube, 18 July 2016. Web. 23 May 2017.
"Art in the age of nanotechnology." Art.Base. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 May 2017.
Kurzweil, Ray. Ray Kurzweil: A university for the coming singularity | TED Talk | TED.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 May 2017.
Uconlineprogram. YouTube. YouTube, 21 May 2012. Web. 23 May 2017.
"The Scanning Tunneling Microscope." Nobelprize.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 May 2017.