NanoTech+Art

When you think about nanotechnology, art is not the first thing that comes to ones mind. Nanotechnology is science, engineering, and technology conducted at the nanoscale, which is about 1 to 100 nanometers. Nanoscience and nanotechnology are the study and application of extremely small things and can be used across all the other science fields, such as chemistry, biology, physics, materials science, and engineering. Because you cannot see this science with the naked eye, one does not think of it as being a form of art. In reality, it is an art form. Although we have not discussed science at the atomic level, we have discussed how science is art. 

Nanotechnology is not something that can be taken on alone. As we saw in the Vesna intro, it is collaborative effort, just as art is becoming. Art is a creative process, just as science is. The technology put into nanotechnology is truly an art form. Richard Feynman once gave a talk where he discussed how much room there was for development at the atomic level. He was very interested in how he could manipulate things at the atomic level, and what he discovered was that there was infinite room for improvement. 

The science that goes into the nanotechnology is truly an art form. Self assembly and self organization are key to nanotechnology. The structures that are involved and formed can be seen as art. Although one cannot actually see the molecules, with the help of technology, one can see them clearly. They can form beautiful structures that is appealing to many people. Although this may not have been the most intriguing topic for me, I still enjoyed learning about nanotechnology. 

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"Richard Feynman Introduces the World to Nanotechnology with Two Seminal Lectures (1959 & 1984)." Open Culture. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 May 2015.

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Vesna, Victoria and Gimzewski, Jim. “The Nanomeme Syndrome: Blurring of fact and fiction in the construction of a new science.”