About
NYU-Poly in the Media
Text, reply, now occupy
By Hanqing Chen, Washington square news, January 23rd, 2012
The Occupy Wall Street movement continues to live on through virtual reconstructions on smartphone browsers. Behind this technology known as Augmented Reality is NYU-Poly professor Mark Skwarek, who developed the first and one of the most used virtual applications last October. Since...
Jackson recognized for commitment to scientific research
By Eric Benson, Washington Square News, January 23rd, 2012
Gallatin and NYU-Poly professor Myles Jackson was recognized last month for his commitment to research in biology and technology. Jackson, who joined NYU in 2007, has been honored as a new member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, an international association of scientists...
NYU-Poly Expands at MetroTech
By Raanan Geberer, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January 23rd, 2012
“Now that we have space at all corners of MetroTech, we might as well call it innovation square,” said NYU-Polytechnic President Jerry Hultin on Friday. He was speaking at the ribbon-cutting for 120,000 square feet of newly leased space at 2 MetroTech Center and 15 MetroTech Center....
Tough, light, inexpensive composite brake rotors could make their way to regular cars
By Ben Coxworth, www.Gizmag.com, January 22nd, 2012
Currently, brakes made from composite materials tend to be expensive, and as such mainly just find their way onto high-performance cars and motorcycles. That could be about to change, however. Researchers from Michigan-based materials company REL and the Polytechnic Institute of New York University...
Pentagon-funded games would crowdsource weapons testing
By DAWN LIM, www.Nextgov.com, January 19th, 2012
The Pentagon plans to fork over $32 million to develop "fun to play" computer games that can refine the way weapons systems are tested to ensure they are free from software errors and security bugs, according to a Defense Department solicitation. The goal is to create puzzles that are...
Robots (and Their Human Overlords) Compete in Downtown Brooklyn
By Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle, January 17th, 2012
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — It was a day of robot guts and glory. The gym at Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) was crawling with mechanical critters this past Saturday, as hundreds of students and their supporters gathered for the Brooklyn qualifier of the annual FIRST LEGO...
Robo-Learning and Making Science Fun
By Chris Palmer, NY times, January 17th, 2012
FIRST Robotics Competition from Chris Palmer on Vimeo. Custom-built robots buzzed across the crowded floor of the Polytechnic Institute of New York University in Brooklyn on Saturday, as more than 350 elementary and middle school students packed the campus for the Brooklyn qualifying round of the...
Banks Unite to Battle Online Theft
By SUZANNE KAPNER, The Wall Street Journal, January 12th, 2012
Rising cybersecurity threats are pushing big banks to do something that doesn't come naturally for these secrecy-steeped institutions: share information with one another. This month, security officials from Wall Street financial firms, including Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., are...
Zuccotti Park Protest Lives on, in Augmented Reality App
By Amelia Marzec, www.Huffingtonpost.com, January 10th, 2012
Mark Skwarek, a faculty member and researcher-in-residence at Polytechnic Institute of New York University, has re-built the encampment using an augmented reality application. The technology allows him to move the protest into spaces that have been restricted, for users to view on a mobile device....
