Tag Archives: Star Trek

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

Meet the Scientist: Dr. Richard Vaia

Posted on October 13, 2014 by jtozer

What do a tennis ball + cooked spaghetti have to do with nanoparticles? Dr. Richard Vaia explains in today’s Meet the Scientists.
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Posted in Articles, Featured, Meet the Scientists, Technology | Tagged AFRL, Air Force technology, armed with science, AWS, Cornell University, different morphologies, directed energy, directed energy sources, Dr. Richard Vaia, Functional Materials Divisio, Functional Materials Division, hariy nanoparticles, higher nanoparticle fractions, inorganic hybrid materials, inorganics, Jessica L. Tozer, Jessica Tozer, Meet the Scientists, military technology, Mr. Spock, Nano Inside, nanometer, polymers, rapid to real time biomarker sensor development, real Star Trek technology, ROTC, Star Trek, the real Armed with Science, tricorder, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Vital fluid measurements, Vital sign measurements, vitals, wearable tricorder | Comments Off

Meet the Scientists: Dr. John Carr

Posted on September 29, 2014 by jtozer

Meet the Scientists: Dr. John Carr is part of a team to discover rare evidence of a forming planet around a baby star! Right before our telescope-assisted infrared spectroscopic eyes!
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Posted in Articles, Featured, Meet the Scientists, Space, Space Matters | Tagged armed with science, astronomy, astrophysicists, AWS, dinosaurs, Dr. John Carr, ETH Zurich, HD 100546, infrared spectroscopic, Institute for Astronomy, Jessica L. Tozer, Jessica Tozer, Jupiter, Meet the Scientists, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, planetary systems, protoplanetary disk, Remote Sensing Division, Science fiction is the aperture for science future, Star Trek, Star Wars, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, University of Texas | 1 Comment

Meet the Scientists: Dr. Jeff Long

Posted on August 25, 2014 by jtozer

Meet the Scientists: Dr. Jeff Long is using nanostructured materials to help power the military. Good power comes in very, very small packages.
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Posted in Articles, DoDLive Science, Featured, Meet the Scientists | Tagged armed with science, batteries, capacitors, Carl Perkins, Chemical warfare agents, DoD, DoD Scientist of the Quarter, Dr. Jeff Long, electro-chemical materials, electrochemical reactions, improving batteries, Jessica L. Tozer, Jessica Tozer, Johnny Cash, Meet the Scientists, nanostructured materials, Naval Research Lab, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Roy Orbison, Star Trek, Will Riker, zic batteries | Comments Off

Robot Ruckus

Posted on July 10, 2014 by jtozer

Robots utilize their advanced sensing and reasoning capabilities to further their agenda in this episode of Robot Secrets Revealed (a Naval Research Lab production).
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Posted in Articles, Robots, Videos | Tagged AI, androids, anthropomorphic robots, armed with science, Artificial Intelligence, AWS, cool technology, damage control, data, different environments, DoD science blog, facility, fire-fighting, future, IEDs, innovation, Jessica L. Tozer, Jessica Tozer, lab, Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research, LASR, Lucas, Marvin the Paranoid Android, Naval Research Lab, naval research laboratory, NRL, Octavia, Rear Adm. Matthew Klunder, research, robot skin, robot takeover, robotics, robots, robots with faces, SciFi, service members, Star Trek, state-of-the-art | Comments Off

(U.S. Defense Department graphic illustration by Josiah Wilson/Released)

Here Come the ROBOTS

Posted on July 8, 2014 by jtozer

OFF THE WIRE: The DARPA Robotics Challenge is putting these robots to the ultimate test. Will they be able to go the (literal and figurative) distance?
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Posted in Articles, DoDLive Science, Featured, Robots | Tagged 2013 DRC Trials, armed with science, ATLAS, Atlas-Ian, CHIMP, Cylons, DARPA, DARPA Robotics Challenge, dod robots, DOD Science, Dr. Noonien Soong, DRC-HUBO, Florian, Gill Pratt, HELIOS, Hercules, Here Come the ROBOTS, I, I Robot, Issac Asimov, Jessica L. Tozer, Jessica Tozer, Mr. Data, RoboSimian, robot, robots, Skynet, Star Trek, THOR, THOR-OP, WARNER | 1 Comment