Overview
The speaker explores how technology, art, and science intersect through curiosity and wonder, using film to reveal invisible aspects of the world and expand human perception.
The Role of Curiosity and Wonder
- Curiosity and wonder drive exploration in technology, art, and science.
- Film can serve as a portal to make the invisible visible and transform perceptions.
Revealing the Invisible Through Technology
- Time-lapse captures phenomena too slow for the naked eye, such as plant growth and planetary motion.
- Time-lapse visualizes abstract human activities, like global air traffic and shipping routes.
- Decades of data create images of the Earth as a dynamic organism with circulating currents and swirling clouds.
High-Speed Technology for Fast Phenomena
- High-speed cameras reveal movements too fast to see, such as the flight mechanics of a dragonfly.
- Visualization of airflow and wing motion leads to new robotic designs for exploring remote areas.
Microscopy and the Micro World
- Electron microscopes magnify objects up to a million times, unveiling the unseen world on and around us.
- Everyday objects and creatures, such as butterfly eggs and mites, become visible under magnification.
- Many tiny species remain undiscovered, highlighting the vast unknown in the animal kingdom.
The Nano World and Future Possibilities
- Spider silk exemplifies natural engineering, being stronger than steel yet elastic.
- Microscopy exposes bacteria, viruses, DNA strands, and even carbon atoms.
- Manipulating atoms may enable the creation of nano devices for medical use, such as disease patrol or DNA repair.
Changing Perspectives and Inspiring Exploration
- Most of the universe is invisible to us, including cosmic dust and micro-jewels from space.
- Awareness of the unseeable changes our understanding of reality.
- Exploring unseen worlds inspires ongoing curiosity and discovery in everyday life.