Remote Instrumentation & Data Visualizations Working Group

Hi folks,

Here's an idea: Narrated tours through atomically resolved bionanocapes.  The 
images produced by atomic force microscopes can commented on by outstanding 
research scientists in real time.  During an online conference, a moderator 
could take student questions.

This idea would demonstrate the power of Internet2, connect the bionano 
research community in a powerful way and reach out to an existing K-14 
audience.

I have developed a list of research scientists that might be suitable 
collaborators, if you are interested in making this happen.

Gregory Louie

P.S. 

Since I'm new to your list here's a little blurb about myself.

I'm a NYS Authentic Science Research in the High Schools (ASR).  I've taken a 
year off to ease the transition of our newly adopted Chinese daughter to her 
new family.

While she naps, I'm developing a web portal to recruit, challenge and support 
research students.  I'm gearing this site to a K-14 audience.  

The intention is to challenge students to design solutions for medical, 
health and global environmental problems.  My focus is on bionanotech 
designs.  I have some experience in this field.  Besides my daughter, it is 
one of my life's passions.

For those of you unfamiliar with the ASR program:  This three year program 
provides high school students with an authentic experience of scientific 
research.  The students select an individual project of their own choosing, 
read scientific papers, contact research scientists and design and conduct 
experiments in their mentor's laboratory.  The best students produce 
papers(in peer-reviewed journals) and go on to compete and win at local, 
national and international science competitions.  

For those of you unfamiliar with bionanotechnology:  This is an emerging 
discipline that has resulted from the convergence of molecular biology and 
nanoscale science (physics, materials science, and microprocessor 
technologies).  

The nanoscale is 1000x smaller than the microscale reaching nearly down to 
the atomic scale.  It is the scale at which molecules operate.

The hope is to shrinking devices like microprocessors another 10-1000 fold, 
so imagine your desktop computer shrunk down to the size of your wristwatch 
or even smaller.  Inside that wristwatch would be a nanoscale computer 
processor.  Some even envision nanoscale computers embedded in the very 
threads of your clothing.

Of course, those crafty little cells have been there first - operating at the 
nanoscale for billions of years.  A cell can be considered as a package of 
approximately 300,000 to 1 million nanoscale components all wonderfully 
orchestrated to perform the complex tasks of daily life.

Ciao,

Gregory
LIFE IS GOOD!