WEEK 8

When I first read the description of this Unit's subject I was a little confused on what it could incorporate. So, I watched all the lecture videos and the one video that stuck on to me was the lecture video about the Blue Morpho and the idea of nanophotonics.

http://darwinsbeard.net/2014/10/04/scintillating-cells/

Dr. Gimzewski expressed the idea of nano photonics which the ability to notice color change in something as well as nontoxic pigmentation, differing from he usual pigmentation color change. The whole idea is thought that a blue morph should be back and show no color. But instead, it shows to the natural eye the color of blue. What's going on inside these Morpho's wings? In the inside of the wing, there's "christmas tree" protein structures in which light manipulates on the nanoscale therefore reflecting a blue shade.

(This here is an example of nano photonics, the zoomed in picture is of a data chip)

http://thefutureofthings.com/3518-worlds-tiniest-nanophotonic-switch/

It is amazing to me that nature can affect these cells and make them go through a process naturally to give off a different color. I think that this idea of nano photonics completely goes along with art in a way it is a natural way of displaying something organic in another natural way. Thorugh this unit it has opened me up to a whole new subject of art and not just the display of the visual attributes, but also the way in which the art is displayed like through nano photonics.

http://www.ictp-saifr.org/?page_id=3616

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Works Cited
Nanotech for Artists Part- Dr. Gimzewski
Nanotech for Artists Part 3- Dr. Gimzewski
Nanotech for Artists Part 4- Dr. Gimzewski
Nanotech for Artists Part 6- Dr. Gimzewski
"DNA Folding, in Detail." Paul Rothemund:. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2015.