Desma 9

 On May 3rd, I went to Sound+Science Symposium 2.0. This two-day event shows humans' explorations on all kinds of vibrations and their relation to arts, music and other fields. To my surprise, a certain organization on this event actually helps artists to utilize technology then develops their artworks. Creativity+Technology = Enterprise is a leading non-profit organization in America, which creates new tools and experiment in new sustainable models for artists practice.  In addition, this organization works as an executor to let more creation and  presentations use new and evolving technology. And the director of this program shows several artworks from their sponsored artists to help audience understand better. Among all of those artworks which combines arts and technology, I was specifically impressed by two of them.  The first one is called the signs of life designed by Marco Donnarumma and Heidi Boisvert. As the combination of Biotech and Arts, this a...

At the end of May, I went to the Meteorite Gallery at UCLA. Before this class, I didn't notice that there is a fantastic Meteorite Gallery located in the geology building even if I go to the geology library almost everyday.  There are so many meteorites exhibited on the shelf, reflecting their unique colors. However, the first meteorite attracted all of my attention is a really "old guy." It is a iron meteorite with the oldest age among all of those meteorite. And only a limited information can be found about it. It was given by the Clark library in 1930s and named by the irons collected in the region near the large Meteor Crater about 50 miles E of Flagstaff, AZ. I regard this meteorite as a good combination of arts and science. The meteorite itself is an exhibit, a form of arts, in this gallery. However, there is a poster to explain the explicit details about all aspects of the iron meteorite including formation, classification, and composition. For example, ...

This week, I can fortunately attend the event, Noise Aquarium, held by professor Victoria Vesna and talk to her in person. Before I came to this event, my understanding of noise effects in ocean will limit to those large animals such as whales and dolphins. When Vesna pinpoints there is almost nothing known about effects on the marvelous microscopic organisms, the first that came into my mind is "that's new but how can you show that?" Although the quantity of invertebrate is large in the ocean, the reaction of those planktons can be hard to detect and catch based on their tiny sizes.  However, to my surprise, professor Vesna came up with a brilliant way to combine technology and arts in order to show the effect on organisms. Professor Vesna first tomographically scanned seven microscopic organisms and transferred into digital three-dimensional figures on the screen. And she utilizes the data science to analyze the motions of microscopic organisms and project them ...

   Fascination of space has originated from ancient times and extended to the real exploration nowadays. Vesna demonstrates that the exploration of space starts from Roman times through revolution of Heliocentrism and finally becomes true during the cold war period, which inspires scientists and even large companies to further explore cosmic ocean.   Moreover, there are certain benefits contained in the exploration of space. In Benefits Stemming from Space, International Space Exploration Coordination Group regarded innovation, culture and inspiration, and new means to address the global challenge as certain advantages of the space exploration. Besides the authority, Claudia Assis states that more and more private companies make their investments on space projects in "these are the companies to watch in space exploration."   In addition to the obsession with the space exploration, experts and scientists should also focus on popularization of knowledge on cos...