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Week 9 Blog      This week it was very interesting to see how all of our past units such as nanotechnology, biotechnology, math, and robotics come together with our current unit as we explore how they are all used in space. But, for me, the coolest relationship within this unit was between art and zero gravity in space. When it comes to the relationship between art and space, we are early on introduced to astronomer and mathematician, Nicolai Copernicus. He published an early depiction of his heliocentric model of the solar system in 1512, which for the first time scientifically, showed the sun in the middle of the solar system. http://astro.hopkinsschools.org/course_documents/history/copernicus_to_galileo/copernican.jpg      On may 22, 1993, a sculpture called the Cosmic Dancer was launched to the Russian Mir space station on a Progress rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. This sculpture was the first three-dimensional artwork specifically conceived for a space h

Week 8 Blog This week we discovered how nanotechnology has an impact on energy, nature, food, agriculture, and electronics, as well as on almost every aspect of technology and science due to the fact that it is such a broad field. Many people don't realize that nanotechnology directly affects their personal lives and they are most likely unaware of the hundreds of products that exist as a result of nanotechnology such as in our food or clothes. https://fineartamerica.com/featured/nanotechnology-conceptual-artwork-laguna-design.html There is a group called ETC that is against nanotechnology because of the potential dangers. Some examples of products that contain nanotechnology are health supplements, soft drinks, cooking oils, and fertilizers. A specific case of health claims related to nanotechnology in a product was in a diet milkshake called "Slim Shake Chocolate" which was a health risk due to contents containing silica nano-particles. Although the

Week 7 Blog This week we discovered how nanotechnology has an impact on energy, nature, food, agriculture, and electronics, as well as on almost every aspect of technology and science due to the fact that it is such a broad field. Many people don't realize that nanotechnology directly affects their personal lives and they are most likely unaware of the hundreds of products that exist as a result of nanotechnology such as in our food or clothes. https://fineartamerica.com/featured/nanotechnology-conceptual-artwork-laguna-design.html There is a group called ETC that is against nanotechnology because of the potential dangers. Some examples of products that contain nanotechnology are health supplements, soft drinks, cooking oils, and fertilizers. A specific case of health claims related to nanotechnology in a product was in a diet milkshake called "Slim Shake Chocolate" which was a health risk due to contents containing silica nano-particles. Although the health risk

Week 6 Blog Many artists have been able to merge biotechnology with their art in an attempt to explore the nature of life, evolutionary understanding, and ethics. They were able to accomplish this by experimenting in laboratories with new technology.  http://www.innov8med.com/the-intersection-of-art-science-and-technology/ Unfortunately, there are many controversial consequences as a result of biotechnology and the use of  transgenics, mutilation, mutation, recombinance or selective breeding as an artistic technique.  http://www.whatisthebiotechnology.com/pages/animal_biotechnology.html When it comes to animals, there is much controversy about the ethical implications of artists meddling with genetic structures of natural systems.  Many widely know, flawed cases of biotechnology in animals have overshadowed the fact that biotechnology can genetically improve animals for agricultural and medical applications.  An example of controversial ethics used on an anim

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Week 4 Blog       This week we learned about how science and technology has influenced medicine as well as the manipulation of our bodies. Starting from the very beginning, as some would call the intersection of art and science, many artists first became intrigued with dissection pertaining to anatomy. Dissection was very important for artists in order to make sure they were representing the body correctly. From the time of dissection during the Renaissance until the introduction of technology into hospitals in the beginning of the 20th century, technology has developed drastically in the field of medicine.     Dissection during the Renaissance.       As technology progressed, the perception of our bodies shifted. One major discovery that shifted our perception was the production and detection of electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength now known as x-rays by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen in 1895. Since then, x-rays have become very casual and taken for granted considering the consta