The Science of Sweat: Skin Biosensors
Some of the coolest things about science fiction technology, in my opinion, are the fictitious medical devices. Those fanciful pieces of machinery or medicine that can do – sometimes with one push of...
View ArticleGround-based Lasers = Bad News for Bad Guys
As the Navy prepares to deploy its first laser weapon on a ship later this summer, Office of Naval Research (ONR) officials announced that they have finished awarding contracts to develop a similar...
View ArticleHere Come the ROBOTS
“…you just can’t differentiate between a robot and the very best of humans.” – Issac Asimov, I, Robot DARPA is doing a lot of great things in the way of robotics, but none gets more attention than the...
View ArticleRobot Ruckus
We here at Armed with Science (okay, me) are big fans of robots. From science fiction to science reality, the synthesized sensation that is AI is as exciting in real life as it is on TV and movies....
View ArticleMeet the Scientists: Dr. Jeff Long
Meet the Scientists is an Armed with Science segment highlighting the men and women working in the government realms of science, technology, research and development. The greatest minds working on the...
View ArticleMeet the Scientists: Dr. John Carr
Meet the Scientists is an Armed with Science segment highlighting the men and women working in the government realms of science, technology, research and development. The greatest minds working on the...
View ArticleMeet the Scientist: Dr. Richard Vaia
Meet the Scientists is an Armed with Science segment highlighting the men and women working in the government realms of science, technology, research and development. The greatest minds working on the...
View ArticleSaturday Space Sight: Astronaut Salutes Nimoy From Orbit
International Space Station astronaut Terry Virts (@AstroTerry) tweeted this image of a Vulcan hand salute from orbit as a tribute to actor Leonard Nimoy, who died on Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. Nimoy...
View ArticleIt’s the Final Robot Countdown!
With 3.5 million dollars in prizes at stake, the DARPA Robotics Challenge is heating up. And I mean, to a fever pitch. These half human, half robot teams are working around the clock to be the best...
View ArticleWhy Science Matters to Me
When I first sat in the captain’s chair of Armed with Science in April of 2012, I had no idea how amazing it was, or how amazing it was about to be. The first story I wrote for the blog was about the...
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