Interview with the Calvin College Rover Team, AOMD Podcast Episode 010
Dr. Natasha Bajema interviews Sam Dare, Fenton Lawler and Duncan VanKeulen, Freshmen at Calvin College, about their experience participating in the Annual University Rover Challenge hosted by The Mars Society to encourage space exploration and technologies. Get more information on their project at calvinmars.com
Biological Attack (Ch. 28) – Bionic Bug Podcast Episode 028
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Infection (Ch. 27) – Bionic Bug Podcast Episode 027
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The Autopsy (Ch. 12) – Bionic Bug Podcast Episode 012
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KillerBot (Ch. 10) – Bionic Bug Podcast Episode 010
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The Drone Show (Ch. 3) – Bionic Bug Podcast Episode 003
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https://media.blubrry.com/bionic_bug_podcast/natashabajema.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Bionic-Bug-Podcast-Episode-3.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:51 — 23.0MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | MoreWelcome to episode number 3 of the Bionic Bug podcast. Before we get started, a quick reminder. The views expressed on this podcast are my own and do not reflect the official policy or position of the National Defense University, the Department of Defense or the U.S. Government. First off, I have a personal update. This past week, I hosted my first-ever book launch party and book signing for Bionic Bug at Wicked Bloom, a cool bar in the Bloomingdale neighborhood of Washington Read more…
3D Printing: Enabler of Mass Destruction?
By Natasha E. Bajema, Ph.D. Imagine you are spending an evening at your favorite steakhouse in the year 2035. When you place an order for a steak, the waiter asks politely: “And how would you like your steak printed?” You might think you’ve found yourself in an episode of the 1960s space-age animated sitcom The Jetsons. But this is where the kitchen of the future may be heading courtesy of additive manufacturing. Over the past couple years, a little known company called Modern Meadow has been quietly developing techniques for “printing” living tissue such as leather and meat rather than Read more…
It’s Called a “Laser”
In the 1997 action-comedy film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Dr. Evil is trying to come up with an evil plan to blackmail the world. In his second attempt at a viable plan, he explains to his minions that he had developed a weather-changing machine in the 1960s, which was in essence a sophisticated heat beam he called a “laser”. He hand signs quotation marks to call out the term “laser” indicating that the technology was not well known at the time, and no one really should know what a “laser” is. Dr. Evil has just been de-thawed after being cryogenically Read more…
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