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World Science Festival’s Innovation Square — So Cool!
By Esha Ray, thirteen.org/, June 20th, 2012
Innovation Square, an event held as part of the 2012 World Science Festival in New York City on June 2nd, gave science and tech enthusiasts a chance to look at some of the next generation innovations happening around the world. MetroTech Center is home to the NYU Polytechnic-Institute, as well as...
Seen At 11: Social Networking Insecurity
WCBS New York, June 19th, 2012
NEW YORK (CBS 2) — If you think staying off popular social networking sites, like Pinterest and MySpace, will protect your privacy, think again. A new study found your personal information is often on these sites … even though you’re not. Millions of people can’t...
Robotic Fish Attracts the Real Thing
By Rosanne Skirble, Voa News, June 19th, 2012
Robotic fish could one day play an important role in steering schools of real fish away from aquatic dangers, such as invasive species, pollution and other hazards, according to experimental evidence released in a new study. Mechanical engineer Maurizio Porfiri works with zebrafish, the so-called...
Security Startups Focusing On Threats, Not Malware
By Robert Lemos, Security Dark Reading, June 14th, 2012
Security consultant Dino Dai Zovi hacked Macs and co-authored a book on how to secure them. Tillmann Werner researched ways to detect the Conficker worm on infected networks and advocated an offensive approach to dealing with the threat. Shawn Henry chased cybercriminals during his 23-year career...
A Q&A with Startup Campus Organizer Melissa Lloyd
By Jennifer Mills, The L Magazine, June 13th, 2012
Northside is proud to announce that this year, as part of our Entrpreneurship conference, we’ve partnered With NYU and NYU-Poly and the Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) to present "The Startup Campus." The program is a series of discussions at NYU-Poly’s campus in...
Ask Asa: Text Message Scammers Pose As Friends In Need
CBS, New York, June 11th, 2012
NEW YORK (CBS 2) — Thieves disguised as friends in need of urgent help are sending out text messages that could help them steal your personal identity and your money. People around the country have received text messages from a “person” named Sara, asking “are you going to...
Touch screen mobile devices require something better than passwords
Cyber Security News, June 11th, 2012
Mobile devices are increasingly the go-to computing platform for both enterprise and general consumers, yet the problem is they are far easier to loose than the traditional laptop or desktop. This means they require methods of authentication that are both more secure and easy to use. At last week...
HotList.com creators
Fox 5, June 8th, 2012
What started as an idea in an NYU dorm to find out what social things their friends were up to, turned into one of the most buzzed about websites around for two friends. HotList.com co-founder Chris Mirabile talks about the success of a new kind of site that looks ahead. New York News | New...
Fish Follow Robot Impostor
By Jesse Emspak, Discovery News, June 8th, 2012
A group of researchers from the Polytechnic Institute of New York University and the Istituto Superiore di Sanita in Rome showed for the first time that a robotic zebrafish attracts living fish, casing them to gather around it and shoal. It may be possible to use similar robots in the future with...
Robot Fish Helps New York Scientists Understand Mating Behaviour
The Huffington Post, June 8th, 2012
A painted robot fish with a smiley face became an instant celebrity when placed in a tank containing living versions of itself. Scientists found their creation attracted both male and female zebrafish which were drawn by movements of its mechanically operated tail. The 15cm-long robot was spray...
