Grid resiliency gets tough, so the Digital Twin gets going
By GREGORY ZELLER // Greater power-grid resilience and efficiency – and the lab work and experimentation that will create them – are coming to Stony Brook University. The State University…
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After successful summit, no mistaking Island’s identity
By GREGORY ZELLER // Investors know all about New York City. Silicon Valley’s ROI potential is preceded by its sterling reputation. Anchored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard…
No. 1047: On Moon missions, AI academies and the great champion of chimpanzees (with gefilte fish for all!)
Hi, holy days: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, and a good Friday at that – literally, as Christianity tees up its most sacred weekend and Judaism settles into the…
The Debrief: Harnessing nature’s building blocks, SWFTly
A biotechnology startup with close ties to Stony Brook University and ambitious sustainability goals is poised for greatness. Welcome to SWFTLabs, which has obtained an exclusive patent license agreement…
SBU clears commercialization pathways with CLEAR-IP
By GREGORY ZELLER // A cornerstone of Long Island commercialization is stepping up its already impressive game. Stony Brook University has flipped the switch on its new Commercial Licensing and…
A summer of energetic schooling with SBU (and friends)
By GREGORY ZELLER // Power players from across regional industry and academia have joined forces this summer to give disadvantaged students – and Long Island socioeconomics – an energetic boost….
Return to form (in various forms) at CEWIT hackathon
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology would like to kindly dispel the myth that hackers, programmers and other computer experts are antisocial. In…
Top techsperts carry CEWIT 2022 back to school
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University’s season of colossal conferences continues next week, and this time, the future of … well, everything … is on the line. Just weeks…
No. 695: Go ahead and read about light laws, incubators and webslingers – we double-dog dare you!
Silver linings: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and to June, and to the start of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season, forecast by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to…
No. 676: From Sweden to France to the Antarctic to the moon, with waffles
Quick thinking: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as we race to the end of another busy workweek and speed into another well-earned weekend – already the last weekend of…
At CEWIT, understanding NFTs and other useful hacks
By GREGORY ZELLER // Two Suffolk County Community College computer science students – and their quick-coded videogame that dives into the sometimes-baffling world of cryptocurrency – were among the top…
Sometimes, innovation’s apple falls close to the tree
By TOM MARINER // A tireless leader, real innovation, deep devotion among staff – these are the hallmarks of many successful tech firms headquartered on Long Island. But let’s not…
CEWIT, Major League Hacking set sights on metaverse
By GREGORY ZELLER // Blockchain, NFTs and virtual reality will take center stage next month, when Stony Brook University’s Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology hosts its sixth-annual…
With Goddard on board, Qunnect fires all rockets
By GREGORY ZELLER // If ever there was a can’t-miss 21st Century business proposition, un-hackable communications networks just might be it. Ultra-secure networking is a rock-solid concept with vast potential…
SBU startup earns top honors in SUNY ‘summer school’
By GREGORY ZELLER // A data-mining and machine-learning expert with a key job at Stony Brook University’s Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology has earned critical commercialization support…