Re: Life / On Electroplating, Vitamin C, and Choice
My life condensed into variably interesting posts on the internet
Welcome to Re: Life. I’m Aaryan, a high-schooler based in Sudbury, Canada.
This is the weird place on the internet where I chronicle my projects, thoughts, and things I’m tinkering on - from software to medical devices.
Every post, I share three updates about my life, two things I’ve learned, and one quote to get you thinking.
Let’s begin.
What I’m Up To
:// For the past few weeks, I’ve been working on an electrodeposition device that can evenly coat strips of metal with copper.
The amount of debugging is unreal, but it’s fun to mess around with electrolytes and see graphs like these:
:// Preparing to enter my regional science fair with LightIR - a surgical cancer detection device I’ve been working on since 2019. If everything goes well, I might go to nationals!
:// Reading. This week, I’ve been flipping through A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, and Lessons from History by Will and Ariel Durant.
Brain Food
:// The Sami people, who inhabit the Northern regions of Scandinavia, have over two hundred words for snow. Given how important snow is to their survival, they likely developed these words out of necessity. :// While most mammals can synthesize vitamin C on their own, humans can’t. About 61 million years ago, our primate ancestors lost a gene called GLO, which coded for a critical enzyme in vitamin C metabolism.
Something to Think About
French author Jean-Paul Sartre on the value of life:
It is only in our decisions that we are important.
Inevitably, with every choice you make, you’re writing the story of your life.
Don’t lull yourself into thinking you’ll live forever.