EM-TECH Symposium - March 7, 2014

The first symposium that I've attended revolves around the "Surface Plasmon Resonance" concept. Dr. Carmen Tan discussed about the said concept and I really had a hard time to somehow understand the topic which she tackled about since I really am not that good with Physics. In addition, she also tackled about several chemical elements which were too deep for me.  But over-all it was a nice seminar since it gave me a glimpse of how physics is applied in the outside world. Maybe next time she could again give us a talk about how information technology could help the individuals that are inclined in the world of Chemistry and Physics to help society.

The next speaker for the day was Dr. Marian Cumagun and elaborated how the concept of technology is used in enhancing your skin that could make you look and feel better. As the speaker presented the different technologies that she currently uses in terms of enhancing an individual’s look, I somehow was curious if there are side-effects that could happen once the procedure in enhancing your appearance is finished. According to some articles that I've read, there are indeed situations that happen where in the appearance of an individual looked worse after the treatment. In addition, I really would like to know if the technologies mentioned by the speaker are safe or not but talking about emerging technologies I guess that it really is quite fascinating to see a device that could actually enhance the appearance of an individual but I just hope that its safe for them to actually test or use it on a living human being.

The last speaker for the day was Dr. Gil Nonato. He then discussed about Nanotechnology in the health industry. Regarding Nanotechnology being applied to the domain of heath, it is usually applied on flat surfaces to decrease the UV rays that affects our skin. In addition, Dr. Nonato mentioned that if having all the resources in terms of financial and material resources, it is possible for them to apply nanotechnology towards bigger flat surfaces such as glass walls which are usually seen on fast-food establishments. If his idea would push through then the possibility of earning lots of money would be quite high. Maybe Dr. Nonato could bring his experiment towards a level where in the society could actually benefit with his experiment.