Spray-on clothing newer than 3-d printers!

From Jeffery Laudenslager we hear news  of this amazing fabric that can be used also as bandages embedded with healing drugs. Of course, Jeffery sees used for building audience with nudity and recreational drugs!

Join DNA of Creativty and Stay smarter longer

In a recent article in the New York Times (Jan 2012) titled A Sharper Mind, middle age and beyond we took this quote:

"When the Midus team put their data together, they noticed other similarities among people with the strongest cognitive skills. Senior citizens who performed as well as younger adults in fluid intelligence tended to share four characteristics in addition to having a college degree and regularly engaging in mental workouts: they exercised frequently; they were socially active, frequently seeing friends and family, volunteering or attending meetings; they were better at remaining calm in the face of stress; and they felt more in control of their lives. "

By joining a DNA of Creativity team you can exercise your brain and work with a team....then if you have a college degree and get some exercise, you are in luck, aging wise.

Read the entire article http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/education/edlife/a-sharper-mind-middle-age-and-beyond.html?pagewanted=3&_r=2&src=recg

Thanks to Linda Nimmerritchter who sent us the link to this article.

Touch and the Enjoyment of Sculpture

Exploring the Appeal of Renaissance Statuettes

EXHIBITION:
Touch and the Enjoyment of Sculpture: Exploring the Appeal of Renaissance Statuettes

WHEN:
January 21–April 15, 2012

WHERE:
The Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

WHAT:
“Please DO NOT touch” is the message that we are all used to seeing on signs near works of art in most museums. This is necessary to preserve the art, but we all want to touch! This focus show invites you to touch…and hold, and stroke and to think about why and how physical contact with works of art can be so satisfying. As a continuation of the Walters’ partnership with The Johns Hopkins University Brain Science Institute, this installation incorporates 12 works of art from the collection and 22 models for visitors to touch and rate. This melds research interests of Steve Hsiao, a John Hopkins neuroscientist specializing in the many facets of touch, with those of Joaneath Spicer, Walters curator of Renaissance and Baroque art, exploring the new importance of touch in the Renaissance, specifically the popularity of collecting statuettes and other objects, including new hand-held technology.

Visitors will learn about this new interest on the part of Europeans around 1500, in art that was pleasurable to hold—such as a statuette of Venus the ancient goddess of love that nestles into your hand—and objects apparently made to fit in the hand such as the earliest watches or the evolving shape of the personal firearm.

The special appeal of this installation, however, will surely be the opportunity to join in comparative experiments with statuettes (replicas) and other thought-provoking hands-on touch comparisons. What types of surfaces do you prefer? Does knowledge of the subject of a sculpture influence how you react to it? What happens to our satisfaction in a piece if something about it changes? What is the impact of sight on the sense of touch? Visitors will register their preferences through “touch pads,” thereby reminding visitors of yet another aspect of touch as a vehicle for communication. To extend an awareness of touch and how painters have taken advantage of our sensitivity to touch, photographic details of paintings and sculptures throughout the museum will provide visitors with incentives to explore the topic further on their own. With the assistance of the Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, all text materials will be available in Braille and visits by the visually challenged can be scheduled.

SPONSOR:
Touch and the Enjoyment of Sculpture: Exploring the Appeal of Renaissance Statuettes has been organized by the Walters Art Museum in partnership with The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Brain Science Institute (BSI), which has also provided generous support for the project. The BSI’s mission is to solve fundamental questions about brain development and function and to use these insights to understand the mechanisms of brain disease and health.

INFORMATION:
General museum information: 410-547-9000 or www.thewalters.org

Art Meets Medicine: Surgeons Carry Out First Synthetic Windpipe Transplant 'tailor made trachea & two main bronchi made of glass'

Professor Paolo Macchiarini from Italy...

"Thanks to nanotechnology, this new branch of regenerative medicine, we are now able to produce a custom-made windpipe within two days or one week.

"This is a synthetic windpipe. The beauty of this is you can have it immediately. There is no delay. This technique does not rely on a human donation."

Scientists at University College London were able to craft a perfect copy of a trachea and two main bronchi out of glass.

San Diego scientist and web designer, Terry Williams, introduced this article. He began thinking about medical ‘art’ as an interesting ‘science’ and asked me questions that I’d like to share with our audience: Presented with this achievement and how it was done, how would artists portray their feelings? Science overcoming disease, regeneration, conquest of death or at least holding it at bay for awhile become interesting constructs. How do artists use knowledge of cells and biochemistry to recreate vital organs? How would artists work with this knowledge and what would they create? How does an artist portray precision knowledge and microscopic technique?