Event 2: LASER

On May 25, 2017, I attended an event known as LASER, a monthly rendezvous that has happened for the past few years in order to allow those who are involved in both the arts and sciences to present the research they have done on a particular topic or to give insight into a new project they are working on.
Stefanie Volland
Topics ranged from architecture presentations by Hans Barnard about ancient Egyptian civilizations and their artifacts to Stefanie's Volland's presentation on the eye, specifically focusing on the intricate make up of the photoreceptors. Nonetheless, the presentation that I found to be the most intriguing was Behnaz Farahi's research on interactive technology and the human body. She mentioned a cape that was interactive with the body, such that when you breathe, it breathes with you. 
Behnaz Farahi
 This overall course focuses on the combination of science and art and I found it quite intriguing that she incorporated this into fashion through different garments that were designed. This cape was an artistic piece; however, it had special abilities that mimicked the respiratory system of the person wearing it. Not only was this unique and new but it was one of the more on-point representations of this topic that I have seen throughout the events I have attended.  

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