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        This idea of the combination between robotics and art is a multifaceted concept with multiple nuances, but in essence can be boiled down to a single idea. Art affects the advancement of robotic technology, and robotics in turn effect the creations of art work. It’s possible that no one understood this better than Walter Benjamin, who wrote The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction in 1936.   In it, one of his comments is that “Mechanical reproduction of art changes the reaction of the masses toward art”.   Essentially, it seems as if he is describing how the robotics of our generation can transform the way we as a society see art. It is no longer just a pretty and enjoyable thing to look at, but people can see the function and the purpose in it more clearly. This allows for a greater understanding of how these two fields are intertwined rather than separate.  A perfect example of this would be in military robotics. In a b...

Week 2- Mathematics and Art            Undoubtably, mathematics has played a major impact on the influence in art (and as I discussed last week, science) in our lives. When things are created, there are very rarely done so in a care-free manner, but rather with extremely precision and focus to a task at hand.   One prime example of this could be Filippo Brunelleschi, who was an Italian architect, and a person that many considered to be the first modern engineer. In his mind, "there should be a single vanishing point to which all parallel lines in a plane, other than the plane of the canvas, converge". This belief is one that has been taken to heart by many which lead to some of the most revolutionary changes in the way we live our lives. Primary, the smart phone. The "iPhone" or what we now know as the iPhone 1, was revolutionary in its design Never had there been a device that was oriented around a single point. But that it what ...

       Week 1: Two Cultures       JP Snow’s introduction to the idea of two cultures gave me immediate flashbacks to senior year of high school.  My art teacher, Ms. Nock, from day one insisted that the faculties at our school, district, state, and country had gravely overlooked the power that art provides in many aspects of life.   Like Steven Pinker, she too would very much agree that “the parts of humanities that have been influenced by post modernism that deny that there is any such thing as human nature…” have become a major flaw in education, as well as society.   That’s why many of the projects in our art class were focused not solely on design, but how it connected to mathematics, architecture, physical sciences, and so forth. Astronomy and the study of the universe is often an intersection between art and science    In one project, my friend and I took two drastically different approaches to my tea...