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NYSERDA-Supported Companies Have Strong Presence At 2010 New Energy New York Symposium
By Jeffrey Gordon, neny.org, August 11th, 2010
The New Energy New York Symposium, held in New York City and presented by the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering's (CNSE) Energy and Environmental Technology Applications Center (E2TAC), has selected several companies supported by the New York State Energy Research and Development...
The iBall: Taking Tennis Technology to a Bright New Level
By Aaress Lawless, onthebaseline.com, August 9th, 2010
Ever experienced the frustration of having your recreational match called due to darkness? Now, thanks to the ingenious brainstorming and invention of two NYU-Poly students, those days might possibly be coming to an end. Julian Salama, an undergraduate in Math and Physics, and Nicolas Begasse de...
Improving Armor, Helmets and Diagnosis
nsf.gov, August 4th, 2010
Materials scientists at NYU-Poly and NYU found that foam used in helmets and body armor can cause as much injury as hard material when under high loads such as sharp impacts or shock waves from explosives. In a counter-intuitive finding, scientists at New York University (NYU) and Polytechnic...
$2M Renovation Projects Kick Off NYU-Poly’s ‘Exciting Changes’
By Linda Collins, brooklyneagle.com, August 2nd, 2010
To jump-start the campus transformation at Polytechnic Institute of NYU (better known locally as NYU-Poly), and to signal “exciting changes to come,” two renovation projects are underway at the Downtown Brooklyn campus, the Brooklyn Eagle has learned. Dubbed Project 2010, the $2 million “starter”...
How to build a career in cloud computing
By Beth Schultz, itworld.com, July 30th, 2010
In the six years Drew Garner has worked in IT for Concur Technologies, his responsibilities have morphed along with the fast-growing provider of on-demand employee spend management services. Hired as a network manager, with a background in information security consulting, he quickly added...
Innovation Generation Grants: 2010 Recipients
responsibility.motorola.com, July 28th, 2010
Congratulations to the 2010 grant recipients of the Motorola Foundation’s signature Innovation Generation program, which provides more than $7.5 million to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education programs across the country. ... Innovation Generation GrantsSupport targeted...
Robots That Swim With The Fishes, Intentionally-Audio
npr.org, July 23rd, 2010
Based on mathematical models of the movement of fish, Maurizio Porfiri, engineering professor at Polytechnic Institute of NYU, built a robofish. When Porfiri let the robot go for a dip in the lab pool, the real fish started to mill about the robot and even follow it around
A Robot That Swims With The Fishes-Video
sciencefriday.com, July 23rd, 2010
Based on mathematical models of the movement of fish, Maurizio Porfiri, an engineering professor at Polytechnic Institute of NYU, designed a robotic fish. When Porfiri puts the robofish in the lab pool with real fish, the minnows (golden shiners and giant danios) will mill about the robot and even...
The Rush to Hedge Against Black Swan Events
By Shannon Harrington, Miles Weiss and Sree Vidya Bhaktavatsalam, businessweek.com, July 22nd, 2010
Wall Street's hottest new product is fear. Pimco, Deutsche Bank (DB), and Citigroup (C) are among firms offering clients protection against "long-tail" risks-extreme market moves that Wall Street's financial models fail to anticipate. In what Morgan Stanley strategists say is an indication that...
A leader they can believe in
By Rachel Mendleson, macleans.ca, July 17th, 2010
Growing up in Rome, Maurizio Porfiri often frequented zoos and aquariums, where he observed the collective behaviour of everything from ants to birds. “To me,” he says, “the fascinating part was animal personality.” And as a science-fiction fan-he enjoyed the work of Philip K. Dick, who wrote Do...
