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 Space & Art Sputnik “Sputnik 1.” Wikipedia , Wikimedia Foundation, 23 May 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1.  On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite that was the size of a breach ball. (Lecture 3, 2022) This launch is very significant because it helped create new scientific and military developments. Looking at the satellite from an artistic perspective it was  beautiful and stood out to the public. Russian engineers stated they designed it so it could be seen with the naked eye regardless of how high it was. Lakia Wellerstein, Alex, et al. “Remembering Laika, Space Dog and Soviet Hero.” The New Yorker , 3 Nov. 2017, https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/remembering-laika-space-dog-and-soviet-hero I found the video about the space dog to be very interesting considering I have never heard about   this before. Lakia is the Space dog that traveled into space on a rocket in 1957. She w...

  Nanotechnology and Art   Prodromakis, Themis. “Five Ways Nanotechnology Is Securing Your Future.” Phys.org , Phys.org, 22 Mar. 2016, phys.org/news/2016-03-ways-nanotechnology-future.html.  What is  Nanotechnology? In this week's lecture Dr. Gimzewski introduces us to the term, “Nanotechnology” and its integration with art.Nanotechnology term was first used in 1974  to describe a “semiconductor process such as thin film depositions and ion beam milling” (Nanotech Lecture Part 1).  Nanotechnology is science, and technology being conducted on a nanoscale, 1-100 nanometers. In simpler terms nanotechnology is viewing things on a tiny scale and being able to move the atoms arounds to create new things. The nanoscale is extremely small, nano means one-billionth, so one can only imagine how  tiny the scale is.  Nanotechnology is used in our everyday products, such as clothing, computers, even the sunscreen we wear.  Clothing:  Nanoparticl...

 Week 7: Neuroscience + Art  Dreams: “What Happens in Your Brain While You Dream?”  The Sleep Matters Club , 20 May 2021, www.dreams.co.uk/sleep-matters-club/what-happens-in-your-brain-while-you-dream.  In this week's lecture, the professor speaks about dreams. She poses the question “What does it mean to dream?” To dream is to envision an idea that reflects one's real-life aspiration, and evokes emotions during the stages of sleep. Sigmund Freud was a neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis. The psychoanalytic theory attempts to explain how behavior and personality are influenced by unconscious processes. Freud believed that dreams were real and they allowed people to express unconscious ideas. According to Freud's Dreams Theory, there is the manifest content and the latent content. The Manifest content is what is happening in the dream, the characters in the dream, the place, etc. However the Latent Content is the underlying message of the dream, the meaning....

  What is Bio Art? “Bio-Art: Science and Art in Harmony.”  SCIplanet , https://www.bibalex.org/SCIplanet/en/Article/Details.aspx?id=12455.  This week's lectures have convinced me that anything can be considered art, there are not any “standards” one must follow to create art. Bio Art is the bridge between art and science. Joe Davis is the pioneer of Bio Art. His work includes a combination of  art and molecular biology. Joe Davis came up with ideas scientists  would have considered dangerous. One of the works created by Davis that caught my attention was the Audio Microscope. The Audio Microscope allows people to listen to living cells. He found that different organisms create different sounds depending on the species of the microorganism.  Miranda Grounds “Symbiotica.”  SymbioticA , https://www.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au/.  Biologist Miranda Ground is one of the founders of SymioticsA, a laboratory that views biology in an artistic way to help creat...