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Beyond 4G: The future of wireless
By Cielo Lutino, econsultancy.com, April 3rd, 2012
In a conference room overlooking Manhattan’s Greenwich Village last week, NYU showcased research being conducted by professors from its various branches—its school of medicine, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, and Polytechnic Institute—at an event titled “Beyond...
The Unsocial Network: Privacy Is Staging a Comeback on Facebook
By Alexis Madrigal, www.theatlantic.com/, March 28th, 2012
In a stark reversal from how people used to use the social network, more than half of users in a recent study had hidden their friends lists from public view. Facebook users have dramatically altered their behavior in recent years to make their profiles less public, according to a study presented...
Digital media and cleantech incubator on Varick St. nurtures 22 grads
By Tina Moore & Phyllis Furman, nydailynews.com, March 28th, 2012
Incubators are hot in New York City. The Varick Street Incubator — the first city-sponsored business launching pad — has graduated or soon will graduate 22 companies, city officials announced yesterday, providing evidence that such efforts to heat up the local economy are producing...
Bloomberg: Startups From Incubator Have Raised $38 Million In Venture Capital
newyork.cbslocal.com, March 28th, 2012
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - A small investment from the city is paying major dividends, and Mayor Bloomberg hasn’t been shy about touting it. The mayor says that New York’s very first city-sponsored, small-business incubator has had remarkable results from its home in Hudson Square, reports...
First City-Sponsored Small Business Incubator to Graduate 22 Companies
NYC.gov, March 27th, 2012
Mayor Bloomberg, New York City Economic Development Corporation President Seth W. Pinsky, and Polytechnic Institute of New York University President Jerry M. Hultin today announced that 22 companies have graduated or will soon graduate from the Varick Street Incubator, the first in the growing...
City Helped Create 22 Companies and 300 Jobs Through Incubator, Bloomberg Brags
By Sam Levin, blogs.villagevoice.com, March 27th, 2012
In today's New-York-City-is-the-best-place-in-the-universe news, Mike Bloomberg has for us the latest success story for the Big Apple: its small business start-ups. In line with the theme of many of the mayor's events so far this year -- promoting innovation in fashion, in film and...
Intelligent Materials: Sense and Respond
By Jin Montclare, theepochtimes.com, March 26th, 2012
Can we construct intelligent materials? That is one of the fundamental questions that my lab has been trying to address. You might wonder what an intelligent material would look like and what it would do. And as you look at your computer screen, smart phone, or tablet to read this, you may think of...
News 12 Brooklyn on Robotic Fish
360mediawatch.com, March 23rd, 2012
Professor Maurizio Porfiri and students talk to local News 12 about their recent findings and how this could impact larger issues, like aiding animals during disasters.
NYU-Poly Expands at MetroTech
By Raanan Geberer, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, March 6th, 2012
METROTECH — “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...
Ilan Juran addresses the United Nations International Water Security Alliance Forum
By United Nations News and Media, unmultimedia.org, March 6th, 2012
