Quinn Winter Desma 9

As technology continues to advance we are able to use science, math and art to further explore space. Art has an extremely important role in the exploration of space because it allows us to see and visualize places where the average person has yet to be able to explore. “Space Art” has become a category that is a “modern form of artistic expression that aims to showcase the wonders of our Universe” (The Importance of, 2021). This gives artists a place in the world of science, helping scientists visualize where has yet to be explored, or helping people who have yet to see it for themselves be able to understand the universe's possibilities. Space art is also an extremely useful tool and activity to be used in schools, because while "using elements of art - shale, line, color, texture, value - students make sense of images of planets asteroids, comets and moons, honing observation skills and inspiring question" (Art and the, N.d.). "The Andromeda Galaxy." Space ar...

Nanotechnology discusses the type of science that manipulates atoms and molecules at the nanometer scale, allowing for the “design,...production and application of materials, structures, devices and systems” (Scenihr, 2006). A nanometer is a billionth of a meter, or ten times the diameter of a hydrogen atom. For such an extreme scale, "the ordinary rules of physics and chemistry no longer apply...materials' characteristics, such as their color, strength, conductivity and reactivity, can differ substantially between the nanoscale and macro" (Brahic & Shanahan, 2005). Nanoscale comparison chart.  (Size of the Nanoscale, 2022).  Nanotechnology creates art using the scanning tunneling microscope to raster across a surface, which then creates an image. The rastering process creates a simple image, which then is converted into a gray scale that determines its color based on how low or high the tip was. From here, this image can be converted into a mesh contour map technolog...

The event by Jess Irish played a wonderful film, “This Mortal Plastik,” focusing on the drastic damages that plastic has done to our environment. Plastic has completely dominated our world today and can be seen every single place we look. Every single product is displayed in plastic, which can especially be seen in grocery stores. As Jess discussed in the film, “the average person in the U.S. generates 243 points of plastic waste per year” (Irish, 2022). As seen above, plastic dominates every store and almost every item we buy involves plastic as its container. (Samantha, 2020). What’s harming us most are single use plastics, meaning it has one purpose and use, and a majority of which ends up being a pollutant that is not biodegradable. These single-use plastics, like plastic bottles and bags, “have a lifespan of mere minutes to hours, yet it may persist in the environment for hundreds of years” ( Parker, 2019 ). A majority of these non-biodegradable plastic items end up in our oce...

Art has been adapted into science and technology in a multitude of ways, and has especially aided dozens of new findings and advancements in the field of neuroscience. As discussed in the lecture, one way that art and neuroscience have overlapped is with the creation of Brainbow, which allows for hundreds of different neurons to be distinguished from one another by the injection of fluorescent proteins (Vesna, Lecture 1, 12:06). This development allows scientists to understand brain activity better to see which neurons are working when, as well as how neurons connect to one another (Brainbows, 2014). Brainbow allows scientists to track neurons’ paths by their distinct color. (Dunn, 2016). Another technique that has been used to explore the brain through the combination of art and neuroscience was the use of psychedelic drugs. Neuroscientists are using psychedelic drugs and their hallucinogenic effects as a way to better understand the brain’s perceptions of situations different from o...

Biotechnology uses the convergence of art, science and technology allowing scientists to create inventions that are extremely helpful to study. These new creations, which were previously unobtainable, allow scientists to see things that they never thought possible, generating new solutions and discoveries. A basic invention in everyday life that biotechnology has made possible is pest resistant crops. Genetically modifying these plants allows for them to resist pests on their own naturally, rather than having to constantly spray them with pesticides, which is also terrible for the environment (How is Biotechnology, n.d.). On the left are plants vulnerable to pesticides, on the right are the plants that are pest resistant crops.  (Endogenous Chemical Balance, 2018). As seen in this week's lecture video, biotechnology is also being used to inject GFP into animals. This injection makes the animals glow green as a way to see their insides and attach to proteins without having to perfor...