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Patrick Stewart took up the baton and stood high atop a ladder before a stadium of 109,000 people in Ann Arbor last Saturday, November 4, as he conducted the University of Michigan Marching Band in a rendition of the Star Trek: The Next Generation theme song. It was the climax of a halftime show — during Michigan's football game with Ball State — in which the 400-member band performed a collection of '70s and '80s TV themes.

After the TNG number, the stadium announcer bellowed, "You may have heard of our trek to Columbus in two weeks," referring to the highly anticipated showdown between no. 2 Michigan and no. 1 Ohio State on Nov. 18. "Captain, what are your orders?" Stewart took the mike and roared, "Boldly go and beat the Buckeyes! Make it so, Number One!" He then conducted the band in the school's fight song, "The Victors," as they marched off the field and the crowd went wild.

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Just when I thought that Star Trek fans couldn't get collectively even nerdier, they proved me wrong. Apparently, there was a mix-up in the airing of the newly remastered TOS (The Original Series for those non-trekkies) episode "Mirror, Mirror" where a shot of the enterprise at warp was inserted when it was supposed to be orbiting the Halkan Planet. Mike Okuda, Denise Okuda and Dave Rossi personally apologized for the mistake on StarTrek.com.

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Samsung has developed a sentry robot with machine guns on it that will kill on sight. Geez guys, the MP3 player business wasn't working well enough for you? Or is this just a way of diversifying, hoping to get customers in with the players and then give them the hard sell on the $200,000 killing machine? In any case, the robot has a camera for the daytime and an infrared camera for the nighttime and can tell the difference between people and trees, which doesn't sound all that difficult. No word on if it can differentiate between terrorists and trick or treating children dressed as terrorists (sorry again, kids!). It has a speaker to warn people that they're about to get their face blown off by a gun-wielding robot, which is a nice touch. This perfect killer will be set up on the DMZ separating North Korea and South Korea next year, as if you needed another reason to stay the hell away from the DMZ. Check the really unsettling promo video after the jump.
This article taken from SCI FI Tech

Glenn Fluid Mechanics Scientist, Dr. Mark Weislogel, and his team of researchers burst approximately 50 water balloons over a four-day flight campaign aboard a DC-9. Over the last 10 years, footage from the water balloon experiments has been used in textbooks, scientific journals, and classrooms worldwide. Aside from looking “really cool,” these water balloon experiments show how large liquid drops behave in a low-gravity environment and how easily and rapidly they can be deployed. Experiments and demonstrations like these are precursors to large-scale large liquid drop deployment tests that might be considered for future space experiments on exploration missions.

http://microgravity.grc.nasa.gov/balloon/blob.htm

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