At Morningbird Space, we believe every scientific breakthrough begins with a spark—sometimes from a textbook, sometimes from a lab experiment, and sometimes from an unexpected place… like a TV screen.
Recently, we came across a meaningful juxtaposition: a cover of Entertainment Weekly honoring the life of Leonard Nimoy, the actor who brought Mr. Spock to life, placed beside a magazine featuring our own work in experimental spacetime distortion (ESD). Seeing them side by side stopped us in our tracks.
Mr. Spock wasn’t just a fictional character. He was a symbol—of logic, curiosity, discipline, and hope. For our founder, Dr. Chance Glenn, and many others in the STEM community, he was also a childhood inspiration. Watching Star Trek as a young boy, Dr. Glenn didn’t yet understand the complexities of gravitational waves or high-energy physics. But he knew he wanted to explore. To build. To understand.
That early fascination grew into a lifetime of scientific exploration, eventually leading to one of Morningbird Space’s proudest achievements: publishing the first peer-reviewed paper demonstrating lab-generated gravitational waves using a high-energy spark gap system. The research was recently featured in the European Journal of Engineering and Technology Research and is already among the most-viewed articles on the platform.
But the story doesn’t end with the research.
We believe innovation must go hand in hand with accessibility. That’s why we created AppBot, our 3D-printable humanoid robot built for classrooms, makerspaces, and K–12 education. Through hands-on robotics and coding, AppBot brings scientific principles like energy, motion, and systems design into the hands of students—especially those in underserved communities.
By connecting the same imagination that inspired a generation of engineers with the tools to build the future, we’re closing the gap between what’s dreamed and what’s done.
As we continue advancing experimental spacetime distortion research, we do so with gratitude for the dreamers who came before us—those like Leonard Nimoy who reminded us that curiosity, logic, and compassion belong together. And we hope the work we’re doing today plants new seeds of inspiration for those who will take the next leap.
🚀 Read the full research article on gravitational waves:
https://www.ej-eng.org/index.php/ejeng/article/view/3246
🤖 Learn more about AppBot and STEM education:
https://morningbirdspace.com/appbot
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