Week 8 Assignment

Week 8 Assignment

     When I saw the discussion for this weeks blog post was Nanotech and art, I immediately knew what I was going to talk about. There are tons of products out on the market that feature nanotech materials. The main products that comes to mind are types of clothing like socks and shoes even that have nano silver materials. These materials made of nano silver have anti bacterial properties that help the piece of clothing last longer. 

     Another cool example of nanotech being incorporated into art is the Lycurgus cup. This cup would be a greenish color, but when you illuminate the cup from the inside

it turns to a reddish color due to the nano sized materials that are present in the cup. This is not only a

cool work of science, but it also is a fine looking work of art.

     Another form of nanotech is a chameleon. When you think of nanotech, you usually imagine man-made works of art or objects that have nanotech materials placed into them, but the chameleon is an animal that actually has nanotech material and uses it actively in their lives. Due to these nano scale crystals, the chameleon can turn into multiple different colors at a moment's notice.

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ACSpressroom. “Chameleons Are Masters of Nanotechnology (Video).” EurekAlert!, 

Curtin, John. "Art in the Age of Nanotechnology." Art.Base. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 May 2017.

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