Share Star Trek: Science Fact?

Science Trek is a special hosted by LeVar Burton, who interviews some of the leading scientists and researchers from around the country discussing the influence of this seminal TV show on the world of science.

Science Trek viewers meet: Dr. Howie Choset, whose work in robotics — robotic surgical snakes, to be precise — could transform the way surgery is performed. Have we surpassed Bones’ tricorder already? Dr. Alex Waibel, who has solved the problem of communication in different languages by creating an iPhone app that’s a real-time translator. Dr. Hugh Herr of M.I.T, whose research is a personal mission. When he was 17, he lost both legs below the knee in a climbing accident. His research is called biomechatronics — the integration of human and machine, almost like the Borg. Dr. Seth Goldstein, who is rewriting rules with a new science called claytronics, the study of developing a new form of programmable matter that may bring the replicator closer to reality. Science Trek answers a few critical questions along the way: Will teleportation ever be possible? Is an invisibility cloak possible? How many laws of physics does warp speed violate? http://www.mpbn.net/Home/tabid/36/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3457/ItemId/9931/Default.aspx