Week 8: NanoTech + Arts
Nowadays, Nanotechnology becomes a hotted topic for general public to discuss and explore. In fact, California NanoSystems Institute locates at UCLA with the mission to translate discoveries into knowledge-driven commercial enterprises. James Gimzewski, a UCLA professor with 35-year related experience in Nanotechnology, states that advanced nanotechnology is potential to change the world in terms of social and economic types of values.
Nanotechnology provides a unique and minimal insight on the world, which combines with current arts to achieve ubiquitous standard and scale. Tami Spector pinpoints that the ambiguity of the focus and scope of nanotech/science has yielded a boon
in creativity and productivity among scientists precisely (para. 2.) Victoria Vesna and James Gimzewski mix arts and nanotechnology to project sand as images in a evolving scale from the molecular structure of a single grain of sand through means of a scanning electron microscope (SEM.)
Nanotechnology not only enables certain diseases to be cured but also some unattainable standards to achieve. Mattias Björnmalm and Frank Caruso mention that nanoparticles could help create more effective medical treatments, which improves areas ranging from drug delivery to the detection of diseases (para. 2.) Paul Rothemund uses vast implications for computing and manufacturing from nanotechnology to make initially unattainable origami assemble themselves.
References:
Caruso, Frank. “How Diseases Can Be Targeted Using Nanotechnology – and Why It's Difficult.” Phys.org, Phys.org, 8 Sept. 2017, phys.org/news/2017-09-diseases-nanotechnology-difficult.html.
Gimzewski, James. "Nanotech for Artists Part 1." https://cole2.uconline.edu/courses/1067208/pages/unit-8-view?module_item_id=26086657
“Nanomandala.” NANO, nano.arts.ucla.edu/mandala/mandala.php.
Rothemund, Paul. “DNA Folding, in Detail.” TED, www.ted.com/talks/paul_rothemund_details_dna_folding#t-137085.
Spector, Tami I. “Nanotechnology, Nanoscale Science and Art.” Leonardo, The MIT Press, 25 July 2008, muse.jhu.edu/article/243499/pdf.
References:
Caruso, Frank. “How Diseases Can Be Targeted Using Nanotechnology – and Why It's Difficult.” Phys.org, Phys.org, 8 Sept. 2017, phys.org/news/2017-09-diseases-nanotechnology-difficult.html.
Gimzewski, James. "Nanotech for Artists Part 1." https://cole2.uconline.edu/courses/1067208/pages/unit-8-view?module_item_id=26086657
“Nanomandala.” NANO, nano.arts.ucla.edu/mandala/mandala.php.
Rothemund, Paul. “DNA Folding, in Detail.” TED, www.ted.com/talks/paul_rothemund_details_dna_folding#t-137085.
Spector, Tami I. “Nanotechnology, Nanoscale Science and Art.” Leonardo, The MIT Press, 25 July 2008, muse.jhu.edu/article/243499/pdf.
I thought it was interesting how you mentioned that nanotechnology provides a unique, yet minimal insight into the world, with art allowing us to expand upon the scale of this understanding. It was fascinating to see how a single grain of sand could be transformed into a magnificent art project through the use of technology. Do you think this technology could also be used to further examine the ethical concerns raised by the use of nanotechnology to achieve unattainable standards? While, the use of nanotechnology in the realm of medicine, may allow us the ability to achieve unattainable standards, it is important to consider its implications. This is due to future strides in nanotechnology having the ability to result in the same concerns raised by the developments in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence.
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