Week 8 NanoTech + Art

Week 8 NanoTech + Art

This is a great example of how
nanotech is explained with
creations of its own.
Maria. “BioTech 177.” COLLECTIVE BREAD DIARIES: A TASTE OF PROTEST
| UCLA Art | Sci Center + Lab, artsci.ucla.edu/biotech177/blog/?p=782.

I learned many ideas this week, first off, what nanotechnology actually is and what the purpose of this technology is. The speech that most influenced me was the Paul Rothemund speech on TED Talk. When he speaks about how possibly folding the DNA to create a brand new strand it is actually so incredible and almost unimaginable to think of. Well not necessarily new but creating and altering someones looks or how they will turn out by just making one slight difference in it. Which can eventually lead to our human race creating the traits that we want in whatever substance it may be including us humans. Creating more art for the human race to invent and discover.

All different types of molecular
computers which Paul Rothemund
speaks about.
Choi, Charles Q. “Molecular Computer Mimics Human Brain.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 26 Apr. 2010, www.nbcnews.com/id/36788441/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/t/molecular-computer-mimics-human-brain/.

What I learned this week is how influential the nanotechnology around us is and how soon enough it will be effecting our lives very significantly, altering what we want such as DNA to get the desired traits we want to have. This is so mind boggling to me thinking that soon enough with this nanotechnology we will be able to create works or art by changing what they look like so easily. This is a very up and coming topic that will be very important in these next upcoming years as technology advances.

This could be the future of altering 

DNA and molecules.

“Making Stuff.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, 

www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/making-stuff.html#making-stuff-smaller. 

References

“Can Art Make Technology Easier?” National Geographic, National Geographic Society, news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/12/1223_031223_nanotechnology.html.

“Five Ways Nanotechnology Is Securing Your Future.” Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and Technology, Phys.org, phys.org/news/2016-03-ways-nanotechnology-future.html. 

Kurzweil, Ray. “A University for the Coming Singularity.” TED: Ideas Worth Spreading, www.ted.com/talks/ray_kurzweil_announces_singularity_university. 

“Making Stuff.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/making-stuff.html#making-stuff-smaller. 

Rothemund, Paul. “DNA Folding, in Detail.” TED: Ideas Worth Spreading, www.ted.com/talks/paul_rothemund_details_dna_folding#t-193373.