2013年12月10日星期二

event 2

Last Friday, I attended an interesting event, “what’s wrong with fat? Author-meet-critics”. Although I have not read the book, the topics the speaker discussed during the event attracted me a lot and make me think more about the condition of those who is fat.

During the event, professor Saguy talked a lot about the confusion and poor situation fat people meet in their life. For example, fat people may be laughed at by others and they have some disadvantages for social work due to high weight. He also claimed a point that surprised me that a little bit overweight is good for our health but not obesity.

Nowadays, people become more and more concerned about their weight, especially women. Thinness becomes one of the most important requirements for a beauty. However, these cause a big problem that the number of people who have Anorexia nervosa increases a lot. Many of these problems start with a restriction of food eating in order to lose weight. To take an example, a Brazilian model died due to nervosa because models should strictly control their weight. More than that, more and more people even chose to do plastic surgery to form a nice body. As we learned in lecture 4, plastic surgery is an artificial change of human body and more or less will cause damage to our body.



I have no idea why people are so crazy about those who should be called “boney” and despise those who is fat. Is thinness the real beauty? I do not think so. In my mind, the real beauty should be natural and comfortable. I think we should change our attitude toward fatness. Rather than laugh at them, we should try to help them lose weight and back to a normal condition.

Sources
Cassey Ho, “TOO SKINNY TO MODEL”, bloglates, Web, Dec 10 2013. http://blogilates.tumblr.com/post/19943032500/too-skinny-to-model-last-monday-a-new-law-passed

2013年12月7日星期六

Event 1 Tiancheng Lin

Nov 8, 2013, a normal date for most people, become a disaster for many Philippines. A strong typhoon attacks the main land of Philippi and cause great damage to the people and their properties. After the typhoon, many people lost their house and family. Many kids become orphans. In this case, I joined an event organized by one of my peers in order to help and pray for those who suffered a lot in the disaster.

During the event, People make speech and sing songs in order to show their shock to the misfortune and their blessing to the suffering people. In addition, some of them donate their money and stuffs to support the refugees in Philippi and I was really moved by their action. Although this event does not have much relation with the art project, the kindness the performers showed is invaluable and made the event meaningful. I am an international student who is far away from my family and during this event, I have a strong sense to call my families and ask how they are recently.

Nowadays, the relationship between human beings become further and further. Even when we stay with your close friends, what we usually do is always concentrating on our smart phones and viewing facebook, instagram or twitter. In this case, a heated debate recently is that whether the invention of smart phones is good or not. One the one hand, it makes our life more convenient. One the other hand, it actually enlarge the distance between people. So is the technology itself. It is not easy to judge which side is right, but what we should do is definitely spend more time with our family and friends because the time of one is limited and you do not know when it will end. 

Finally, I hope everyone who suffered in the typhoon can have a bright future and get out of pain quickly. Fight, Philippi!


2013年12月1日星期日

Desma9 Tiancheng Lin assignment9

In this week’s lecture, our topic comes to space and art. This is a topic having so much relationship with the former topics and should be counted as a good conclusion of the whole course. 
As I said in last blog, human beings have had the dream to fly in the sky or space for a long time. Although it is not until 1961, did people actually traveled in space, the imagination of traveling in space have existed for a long time. “A Trip to the Moon”, a famous French sci-fi movie produced in 1902, is maybe the earliest video that talked about the tour to the space. In the movie, the director showed us an adventure of six scientists in the moon and how they got back to earth with the threat of Selenites (an imaginary aliens living on the moon). It is amazing that people can come up with such an interesting story with only imaginations.   



Now, as the technology grows so fast, more and more people achieve the dream of traveling in space. Dennis Anthony Tito, a rich American merchant, became the first one who traveled the space as a tourist. Since then, six rich guys have had chance to view the earth in the space and amazingly their average age is 50! In this case, can we image that with some proper training everyone can have the chance to travel in space in the future? Moreover, can it be seen as a good start of space immigrant? This is all interesting questions needing time to answer.


Sources:
Mark Turner. “A Trip to the Moon - Georges Méliès, cinemas first special effects wizard.” Fantastic almanac. Aug 03 2011. Web. Dec 1 2013  http://fantasticalmanac.blogspot.com/2011/08/trip-to-moon-georges-melies-cinemas.html

“The 42 Best Sci-Fi Movies 1950 – 1965 in 67 Posters.” Cinemacom. Web. Dec 1 2013. http://www.cinemacom.com/50s-sci-fi-BEST.html

“World's first space tourist 10 years on: Dennis Tito”. BBC News. Apr 29 2011. Web. Dec 1 2013. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13208329

“Inside the mind of a space tycoon: Dennis Tito rises to the highest frontier- and hopes others will follow his trail”. NBCNEWS. May 6 2001. Web . Dec 1 2013. http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3077967/#.UpvAtJJ6bWw

Kelly Hignett. “Celebrating Yuri Gagarin’s Historic Legacy”. The View East. Web. Dec 1 2013. http://thevieweast.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/celebrating-yuri-gagarins-historic-legacy/

In this week’s lecture, our topic comes to space and art. This is a topic having so much relationship with the former topics and should be counted as a good conclusion of the whole course.

As I said in last blog, human beings have had the dream to fly in the sky or space for a long time. Although it is not until 1961, did people actually traveled in space, the imagination of traveling in space have existed for a long time. “A Trip to the Moon”, a famous French sci-fi movie produced in 1902, is maybe the earliest video that talked about the tour to the space. In the movie, the director showed us an adventure of six scientists in the moon and how they got back to earth with the threat of Selenites (an imaginary aliens living on the moon). It is amazing that people can come up with such an interesting story with only imaginations.   

Now, as the technology grows so fast, more and more people achieve the dream of traveling in space. Dennis Anthony Tito, a rich American merchant, became the first one who traveled the space as a tourist. Since then, six rich guys have had chance to view the earth in the space and amazingly their average age is 50! In this case, can we image that with some proper training everyone can have the chance to travel in space in the future? Moreover, can it be seen as a good start of space immigrant? This is all interesting questions needing time to answer.

Sources:
Mark Turner. “A Trip to the Moon - Georges Méliès, cinemas first special effects wizard.” Fantastic almanac. Aug 03 2011. Web. Dec 1 2013  http://fantasticalmanac.blogspot.com/2011/08/trip-to-moon-georges-melies-cinemas.html

“The 42 Best Sci-Fi Movies 1950 – 1965 in 67 Posters.” Cinemacom. Web. Dec 1 2013. http://www.cinemacom.com/50s-sci-fi-BEST.html

“World's first space tourist 10 years on: Dennis Tito”. BBC News. Apr 29 2011. Web. Dec 1 2013. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13208329

“Inside the mind of a space tycoon: Dennis Tito rises to the highest frontier- and hopes others will follow his trail”. NBCNEWS. May 6 2001. Web . Dec 1 2013. http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3077967/#.UpvAtJJ6bWw

Kelly Hignett. “Celebrating Yuri Gagarin’s Historic Legacy”. The View East. Web. Dec 1 2013. http://thevieweast.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/celebrating-yuri-gagarins-historic-legacy/

In this week’s lecture, our topic comes to space and art. This is a topic having so much relationship with the former topics and should be counted as a good conclusion of the whole course.

As I said in last blog, human beings have had the dream to fly in the sky or space for a long time. Although it is not until 1961, did people actually traveled in space, the imagination of traveling in space have existed for a long time. “A Trip to the Moon”, a famous French sci-fi movie produced in 1902, is maybe the earliest video that talked about the tour to the space. In the movie, the director showed us an adventure of six scientists in the moon and how they got back to earth with the threat of Selenites (an imaginary aliens living on the moon). It is amazing that people can come up with such an interesting story with only imaginations.   

Now, as the technology grows so fast, more and more people achieve the dream of traveling in space. Dennis Anthony Tito, a rich American merchant, became the first one who traveled the space as a tourist. Since then, six rich guys have had chance to view the earth in the space and amazingly their average age is 50! In this case, can we image that with some proper training everyone can have the chance to travel in space in the future? Moreover, can it be seen as a good start of space immigrant? This is all interesting questions needing time to answer.

Sources:
Mark Turner. “A Trip to the Moon - Georges Méliès, cinemas first special effects wizard.” Fantastic almanac. Aug 03 2011. Web. Dec 1 2013  http://fantasticalmanac.blogspot.com/2011/08/trip-to-moon-georges-melies-cinemas.html

“The 42 Best Sci-Fi Movies 1950 – 1965 in 67 Posters.” Cinemacom. Web. Dec 1 2013. http://www.cinemacom.com/50s-sci-fi-BEST.html

“World's first space tourist 10 years on: Dennis Tito”. BBC News. Apr 29 2011. Web. Dec 1 2013. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13208329

“Inside the mind of a space tycoon: Dennis Tito rises to the highest frontier- and hopes others will follow his trail”. NBCNEWS. May 6 2001. Web . Dec 1 2013. http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3077967/#.UpvAtJJ6bWw

Kelly Hignett. “Celebrating Yuri Gagarin’s Historic Legacy”. The View East. Web. Dec 1 2013. http://thevieweast.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/celebrating-yuri-gagarins-historic-legacy/

  In this week’s lecture, our topic comes to space and art. This is a topic having so much relationship with the former topics and should be counted as a good conclusion of the whole course.

As I said in last blog, human beings have had the dream to fly in the sky or space for a long time. Although it is not until 1961, did people actually traveled in space, the imagination of traveling in space have existed for a long time. “A Trip to the Moon”, a famous French sci-fi movie produced in 1902, is maybe the earliest video that talked about the tour to the space. In the movie, the director showed us an adventure of six scientists in the moon and how they got back to earth with the threat of Selenites (an imaginary aliens living on the moon). It is amazing that people can come up with such an interesting story with only imaginations.   

Now, as the technology grows so fast, more and more people achieve the dream of traveling in space. Dennis Anthony Tito, a rich American merchant, became the first one who traveled the space as a tourist. Since then, six rich guys have had chance to view the earth in the space and amazingly their average age is 50! In this case, can we image that with some proper training everyone can have the chance to travel in space in the future? Moreover, can it be seen as a good start of space immigrant? This is all interesting questions needing time to answer.

Sources:
Mark Turner. “A Trip to the Moon - Georges Méliès, cinemas first special effects wizard.” Fantastic almanac. Aug 03 2011. Web. Dec 1 2013  http://fantasticalmanac.blogspot.com/2011/08/trip-to-moon-georges-melies-cinemas.html

“The 42 Best Sci-Fi Movies 1950 – 1965 in 67 Posters.” Cinemacom. Web. Dec 1 2013. http://www.cinemacom.com/50s-sci-fi-BEST.html

“World's first space tourist 10 years on: Dennis Tito”. BBC News. Apr 29 2011. Web. Dec 1 2013. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13208329

“Inside the mind of a space tycoon: Dennis Tito rises to the highest frontier- and hopes others will follow his trail”. NBCNEWS. May 6 2001. Web . Dec 1 2013. http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3077967/#.UpvAtJJ6bWw

Kelly Hignett. “Celebrating Yuri Gagarin’s Historic Legacy”. The View East. Web. Dec 1 2013. http://thevieweast.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/celebrating-yuri-gagarins-historic-legacy/

Vesna, Victoria. Lecture 9, Space + Art. Desma 9 . Web. Dec 1 2013    
       
     


2013年11月24日星期日

Desma9 assignment8 Tiancheng Lin 704203383

In this week’s lecture, professor Gimzewski talked about the relationship between nanotechnology and art. Nanotechnology is a word fresh and unfamiliar with most people. However, 70% of things used and seen in our life used the nanotechnology including vehicles, food and computer science field.


Nanotechnology is a newly uprising field, which only have a history of maybe 50 to 60 years. Although it did not appear until 1960’s, the influence of its invention greatly changed the world of science especially in the field of physics and chemistry. The nanotechnology gives scientists a chance to change their perspective of the world into a new and more specific scale. Moreover, with its appearance, the field of quantum mechanics and material science grew rapidly, which attribute to the improvement of aerospace industry. In this case, the dream of human beings finally came true. (Traveling in space)


Not only did, scientists benefited from the invention of nanotechnology, but artist did as well. With nanotechnology, artists can have a different view of the world and gave their more inspiration to create wonderful works. To give an example, Mr. Orfescu, an artist, said that “nanotechnology is simply invitation to let color and shape-shifting run wild.”


In addition, I am interested in the field of Molecular gastronomy, food science that seeks to investigate, explain and make practical use of the physical and chemical transformations of ingredients that occur while cooking. This is a new food type which is not invented until 1988. Although I have not had a chance to try it, it looks nice in photography.

Resources
“What is Molecular Gastronomy?” Molecularrecipes.com. Web. Nov 24 2013 http://www.molecularrecipes.com/molecular-gastronomy/

“Gastronomie moléculaire – Concept” IdoDaVinci’s Blog. Oct 13 2013. Web. Nov 24 2013. http://idodavinci.com/gastronomie-moleculaire-concept/

Jingna Zhao “Turning to Nanotechnology for Pollution Control: Applications of Nanoparticles.” Dartmouth undergraduate journal of science. Feb 22 2009. Web. Nov 24 2013.  http://dujs.dartmouth.edu/winter-2009/turning-to-nanotechnology-for-pollution-control-applications-of-nanoparticles#.UpLYXpJ6bWw

BARNABY J. FEDER “The Art of Nanotech.” Bits. Jan 25 2008. Web. Nov 24 2013. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/the-art-of-nanotech/?_r=0

Gimzewski, Jim. Desma9 Lecture 8 “Nanotech and art.”



2013年11月17日星期日

Tiancheng Lin Desma 9 Assignment 7

Neuroscience and art should definitely be related as all artists need creativity to finish their work and come up with beautiful ideas. Not like many other subjects, neuroscience is a newly developed field. It is not until 19th century did people begin to be aware of the importance of the brain. Brain, an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals, actually controls all the behavior and thoughts of us. However, because of the limitation of technique and knowledge, we still know little about the brain.


For the study of neuroscience, the study of nerves is significant because they are basis of the brain and without them we can do nothing. In this week’s lecture, professor mentioned a newly technique called Brainbow, which separated nerves by different fluorescent proteins. The sketched picture looks so amazing that the research group win several scientific photography competitions.


Another part I am really interested in is that talks about LSD, a strong hallucinogen, which is discovered by Dr. Hoffman in 1938. I am from China, which is a country has strict laws for people who sell or produce drugs. Most of them were sentenced to death. In this case, it is quiet surprising for me that Leary from Harvard University encouraged his students to take the drugs. In my opinion, drug is something that really harms teenagers because they are in an age with strong curiosity. It is easy for them to be addicted to drug and will destroy their whole life.


Resources
Jeff Lichtman. “The Brain Unravelled an interdisciplinary exhibition where art, anthropology and neuroscience come together”. Fad. Aug 24 2009. Web. Nov 17 2013. http://www.fadwebsite.com/2009/08/24/the-brain-unravelled-an-interdisciplinary-exhibition-where-art-anthropology-and-neuroscience-come-together-private-view-7-september-2009-6-%E2%80%93-9pm/

Sheri L. Boyce “Nervous Systems”. Biology Reference. Web. Nov 17 2013 http://www.biologyreference.com/Mo-Nu/Nervous-Systems.html

“Drug Allergy: Overview, Definition, Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Therapy, Course And Prevention.” Health on care. Oct 24 2012. Web. Nov 17 2013. http://www.healthyoncare.com/drug-allergy-overview-definition-causes-symptoms-diagnosis-therapy-course-and-prevention/.html

Hailey Keller. “Brain Fitness: Train Now, Regret Never.” Web. Nov 17 2013. http://brain-games-puzzle-stores-review.toptenreviews.com/brain-fitness-train-now-regret-never.html


Vesna, Victoria. Lecture. Desma 9. Web. Nov 17. 2013.

2013年11月10日星期日

Desma9 week 6 assignment

In this week's lecture, Professor talked about the relationship between biotech and art. Biotechnology is a newly developed area that may have a huge effect on the future of human beings because scientists believe that by some genetic processes we can cure some malignant diseases such as HIV or cancers. However, I do not think that life itself should be seen as a valid expressive medium because life is much valuable than a medium that medium can be reproduced but life cannot. In this case, I think there should definitely be more restriction for artists or scientists doing biotech experiments than those working in other fields.


To be more specific, we can first talk about the cloning, which is a hot topic in recent 20 years. Clone is a biotechnology that refers to processes used to create copies of DNA fragments, cells, or organisms. There is a famous movie call “The Island” released in 2005. In the movie, people in the future used cloning to reproduce themselves in order to increase their life. In my mind, this is a stupid and inhuman process because what or who we cloned is also a life and they should own the same right as us. For this ethnical reason, cloning with human cells is still prohibitive in the world and I think should last forever.


Moreover, we can talk about the transgenic technique. Because of the shortage of grain in the world, transgenic technique appeared as they are more productive and easy to survive. However, some people have claimed that these transgenic crops actually cause problems such as creating Superbugs and Superweeds, killing bees and butterflies and even contaminating regular crops by cross-pollination. Though, their effect on human body needs time to test, we should still be careful dealing with the transgenic crops.

In conclusion, transgenic technology may have its benefits but it has obvious disadvantages both ethnically and practically. In this case, we should still put limitation on those biotech processes until we can control them well.

Sources
S. GRANT. “10 Problems Genetically Modified Foods Are Already Causing.” Listverse. Jun 22, 2013. Web. Nov 10, 2013.

“What is gene”, B4FA.org. web. Photograph. Nov 10 2013 http://b4fa.org/biosciences-and-agriculture/introduction-genes-crops/what-is-a-gene/

“THE ISLAND: ½ STARS.” Richard Crouse. Web. Photograph. Nov 10 2013 http://www.richardcrouse.ca/the-island-%C2%BD-stars/

Paul Brown. “Attitudes to GM crops must change as the world warms.” Carbon strategy group. Jun 6 2013. Web. Nov 10 2013. http://www.carbonstrategygroup.com/carbon-market-news/attitudes-to-gm-crops-must-change-as-the-world-warms/

Vesna, Victoria. Lecture. DESMA9. Web. Nov 10. 2013