Tag Archives: science-fiction

Why Science Matters to Me

Posted on April 24, 2015 by jtozer

Jessica Tozer: Before I relinquish the chair for the final time, I wanted to write you all a final farewell, and a final thanks. Science (always) matters!
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Posted in Articles, Featured, Robots, Space, Space Matters | Tagged armed with science, Autonomous Systems Research, DARPA’s Robotics Challenge, Jessica L. Tozer, Jessica Tozer, Kirk, Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research, LASR, Leonard Nimoy, matters, Naval Research Lab, Picard, robots with faces, science, science future, science matters, science-fiction, Senate Armed Services Committee, Star Trek, Wanted: Robot. Willing to Pay 2M | Comments Off

(U.S. Defense Department graphic illustration by Jessica L. Tozer/Released)

It’s the Final Robot Countdown!

Posted on March 18, 2015 by jtozer

With 3.5 million dollars in prizes at stake, the DARPA Robotics Challenge is heating up. With only months left, this is the final countdown…and these are the final few.
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Posted in Articles, Challenge, Featured, Robots | Tagged armed with science, Captain Picard, DARPA Robotics Challenge, disaster response, dod robots, DOD Science, dod tech, DRC Expo, final robot countdown, Gill Pratt, half human, half robot, Jean-Luc Picard, Jessica L. Tozer, Jessica Tozer, robot challenge, robotics, robots, science-fiction, Star Trek, Unmanned Aerial Systems | 1 Comment

Saturday Space Sight: Astronaut Salutes Nimoy From Orbit

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Yolanda R. Arrington

International Space Station astronaut Terry Virts tweeted this image of a Vulcan hand salute from orbit as a tribute to actor Leonard Nimoy.
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Posted in Articles, Photos, Space, Space Matters | Tagged armed with science, astronaut, Engineers, International Space Station, Leonard Nimoy, Mr. Spock, nasa, Saturday, saturday space sight, sci-fi fans, science-fiction, scientists, sight, space, space photos, Star Trek, Vulcan | 1 Comment

Move Over, Wolverine: DARPA’s Self-healing Implants

Posted on September 10, 2014 by jtozer

First healing powers, then adamantium, right? DARPA is developing implants that are inserted via a needle, designed to heal the bodies and minds of service members.
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Posted in Articles, Featured, Technology | Tagged adamantium, armed with science, AWS, Broad Agency Announcement, comics, DARPA, DARPA's Self-healing Implants, DARPA’s ElectRx program, Detection and Computational Analysis of Psychological Signals, Doctor Crusher, DOD Science, dod tech, ElectRX, Enabling Stress Resistance, Federal Business Opportunities, Jessica L. Tozer, Jessica Tozer, post-traumatic stress disorder, Reliable Neutral Interface Technology, Reorganization and Plasticity to Accelerate Injury Recovery, Restorative Encoding Memory Integration Neural Device, Revolutionizing Prosthetics, Science fiction is the aperture for science future, science reality, science-fiction, SciFi, traumatic brain injury, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, ultraminiaturized bio-tech devices, Wolverine | 2 Comments

DARPA’s New Ground-X Vehicle

Posted on August 26, 2014 by jtozer

DARPA’s GXV-T seeks to develop revolutionary technologies to make future armored fighting vehicles more mobile, effective and affordable.
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Posted in Articles, Technology | Tagged armed with science, Crew Augmentation, DARPA, dod tech, future tanks, future tech, ground vehicles, Ground X-Vehicle Technology, ground-based armored fighting vehicles, GXV-T, Radically Enhanced Mobility, revolutionary ground-vehicle technologies, science-fiction, Survivability through Agility | Comments Off

Ground-based Lasers = Bad News for Bad Guys

Posted on June 24, 2014 by jtozer

Prepare for the era of laser weapons – In the wake of the laser being put on the USS Ponce this summer, ONR is developing a similar weapon to be used on ground vehicles.
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Posted in Articles, Lasers | Tagged (LaWS, armed with science, AWS, Chief Technology Office Group, Corporate Strategic Communications, Department of Defense, Department of Defense High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office, directed energy weapons, DOD Science, DoD science blog, first laser weapon on a ship, Future Naval Capabilities, GBAD, Ground-Based Air Defense Directed Energy On-the-Move, high-powered microwave, high-powered radio frequency, Jessica L. Tozer, Laser Weapon System, laser-based naval warfare, lasergence, lasers, naval sea systems command, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, NAVSEA, navy, Navy Capt. Mike Ziv, Navy’s DEP, Navy’s Directed Energy Program, Office of Naval Research, official DoD science blog, phaser-like laser weapon, phasers, science, science blog of the DoD, science-fiction, Star Trek, Star Wars, storm troopers, U.S. Navy, UAV, UAV technology, unmanned aerial vehicles, USS Ponce | 1 Comment

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The U.S. Army is Beaming Data Up

Posted on June 10, 2014 by jtozer

Teleportation, typical for SciFi stories, has become a reality for scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory in terms of battlefield data and image processing.
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Posted in Articles, Cyber Security | Tagged ARL quantum information, battlefield data, eye-safe entangled photons, image processing, information teleportation, Keith Deacon, prototype information teleportation network system, quantum information, quantum information science, Ronald Meyers, science-fiction, teleportation exfiltration, teleportation exfiltration testbed, U.S. Army Research Laboratory | 2 Comments

Here comes the BOOM: The Real Railgun of the U.S. Navy

Posted on April 9, 2014 by jtozer

The U.S. Navy is showing the world, for the first time, the power of their newly advanced railgun weapons system. This is something you won’t want to miss.
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Posted in Articles, DoDLive Science, Featured, Technology | Tagged air, air defense, armed with science, AWS, Back to the Future, Ballistic Missile Defense, Chief of Naval Research, cruise missile defense, Doc Brown, DOD Science, electromagnetic force, hyper velocity projectile, Jessica L. Tozer, Jessica Tozer, JHSV, long range strike defense, Lorenz Force, Naval Surface Warfare Center, NAVSEA, pulse forming network, rail guns, Rear Adm. Bryant Fuller, Rear Adm. Matt Klunder, science reality, science-fiction, sea, space, Star Wars-like, the military rail guns, the Navy's railguns, the real Armed with Science, U.S. Navy, USS Millinocket JHSV | 5 Comments