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Marketing Guru gets SCIENCED!

October 23, 2009

Last week, David Meerman Scott, marketing guru and author of “The New Rules of Marketing and PR,” visited the Pentagon to discuss the importance of social media in the Defense Department’s communications arsenal.

This is Your Brain on Pentagon Channel Reloaded

September 14, 2009

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This Pentagon Channel report investigates whether neuroimaging techniques can be used to detect deception. Dr. Bhatt previously appeared as a guest on the weekly science and technology podcast, “Armed with Science: Research and Applications for the Modern Military”. The report also features my award-winning acting skills and demonstrates the razor-sharp wit and decision-making savvy required [...]

This is Your Brain on Pentagon Channel

August 19, 2009

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The magic happens at 2:20!Last month, I followed a Pentagon Channel film crew as they gathered footage and interviews for an upcoming story on the neuroimaging techniques used to measure deception. I had the opportunity to appear in background footage and even played research subject in a mock MRI study. It was like being in [...]

Science Podcasts You Shouldn’t Miss

August 6, 2009

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Check out this fantastic article written by Mary Spiro at the Baltimore Science News Examiner. She listed the Defense Department’s Armed with Science as one of “eight science podcasts you shouldn’t miss”, along with other notables, Science Weekly, This Week in Science, Short Science, Nature’s podcast, Science Friday, The Science Show, and The Naked Scientists. [...]

Simulated Biological Attack on the Pentagon

July 21, 2009

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My latest video blog entry for Science Cheerleader featuring more awesome music from Princess Ladyfriend. On Saturday, July 11, the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA), the Defense Agency responsible for protecting the Pentagon, conducted an operational response test to a simulated outdoor airborne biological attack on the Pentagon grounds. The study consisted of the release [...]

A Neurosigntist’s Wanton Disregard for Federal Authority of the Day (Or How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the JuxtapositionFest 2009)

July 11, 2009

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Protect THIS! Awesome: This morning, I attended the Pentagon Force Protection Agency’s “Urban Shield” Operational Response test. The test was conducted to improve the operational response of emergency personnel to an outdoor airborne biological attack and to evaluate the effectiveness of various personnel decontamination procedures. Test volunteers were positioned at locations inside and outside of [...]

Armed with Gene Guns!

May 27, 2009

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Infectious diseases, gene guns, and the military — all on this week’s Armed with Science! LISTEN to Dr. Connie Schmaljohn, senior scientist at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, discuss research investigating vaccines against two types of hantaviruses, which are known health threats to U.S. troops stationed in Europe and Asia. The [...]

Armed with Social Science!

May 13, 2009

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Listen to the first Armed with Science show covering the Defense Department’s efforts to leverage social science. Drs. Ivy Estabrook, program officer for the Human, Social, Cultural and Behavioral Science program at the Office of Naval Research, and Elisa Bienenstock, Chief Human Science Officer at NSI, Inc., will discuss the Defense Department’s efforts to understand [...]

Pentagon Channel Report on emerging technology at the Dept of Defense = John’s first Oscar nomination?

April 9, 2009

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On Monday, the Pentagon Channel did a 3 minute special report on emerging technologies at the Department of Defense. Another special report? you ask yourself. Yes, another special report, except this one draws heavily from actual dialogue of the Armed with Science audio webcast, including an audio clip of last week’s guest, Dr. Mark Drapeau. [...]

Pentagon Channel report on Twitter at the Dept of Defense featuring me!

April 6, 2009

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Here is a special report on the use of Twitter at The Pentagon Channel. Interestingly, the Pentagon Channel has 102 Followers but has not actually followed anyone at this time. Is this an attempt to exploit the power of Twitter while defying the fundamental pillars of social networking? Make sure to watch until the very [...]

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