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F.B.I. Admits Hacker Group’s Eavesdropping

WASHINGTON — The international hackers group known as Anonymous turned the tables on the F.B.I. by listening in on a conference call last month between the bureau, Scotland Yard and other foreign police agencies about their joint investigation of the group and its allies. Anonymous posted a...

Text, reply, now occupy

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

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

“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

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...

NYU-Poly Opens New Facility In Downtown Brooklyn

City officials joined officials from NYU-Poly Friday to mark the opening of the Polytechnic Institute at the MetroTech Center in downtown Brooklyn. It's a 120,000-square-foot expansion featuring a new state of the art science and educational center. "We must keep ahead of this race in...

Pentagon-funded games would crowdsource weapons testing

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

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...