Apple patents phone-laptop dock
An Apple patent published this week suggests the company is developing a so-called “thin” laptop device that would rely on the CPU of an iPhone or iPad for its computing…
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Lingerie maker excited to have more skin in the game
By GREGORY ZELLER // When it comes to exposure, they’re not shy at Impish Lee. Cofounders Noelle and Kali Ventresca have plenty of skin in the game already. Since pulling…
Here’s to the winners
By GREGORY ZELLER // Hundreds of Long Island’s top business and science minds gathered Tuesday for the 2017 Innovator of the Year Awards. Including Master of Innovation Robert Catell, the…
In Altice, LI robotics tourney lands a major backer
By GREGORY ZELLER // If you’re looking for an innovative backer for your robotics competition, you can do worse than the country’s fourth-largest cable operator. And that’s just what School-Business…
State nourishes regional breastfeeding efforts
By GREGORY ZELLER // Albany will pump millions into the Northwell Health system specifically to promote, protect and support breastfeeding networks in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Long Island Jewish Medical…
Northrop Grumman deal locked, and potentially loaded
Northrop Grumman’s Long Island unit is breaking out the big guns, thanks to a new multi-year contract with the U.S. Navy. United States Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Bethpage-based…
Productivity, in the age of telecommuting
By SHONA ST. ANGELO // Many companies across the country, such as Aetna and Dell, are allowing employees to work remotely. Employees save money normally spent on gas and transit…
Don Monti Foundation backs cancer ‘navigator’
Not every healthcare innovation involves a radical pharmaceutical or breakthrough technology. In a next-level advancement of purely human proportions, the Don Monti Memorial Research Foundation will underwrite a $95,000-a-year “cancer…
Moiety app makes long-anticipated Android debut
BY GREGORY ZELLER // It’s a little late showing up, but that probably won’t happen anymore. In a quantum scheduling leap for the Samsung set, the Moiety app debuted Tuesday…
Researchers zoom in on schizophrenia biomarkers
A Feinstein Institute for Medical Research scientist will focus next-level imaging techniques on schizophrenia and other brain disorders, thanks to a hefty federal grant. Research scientist Anil Malhotra – a…
FSC: How to (safely) earn a commercial drone license
By GREGORY ZELLER // As the nation’s skies clog with Unmanned Aerial Systems, the Federal Aviation Administration is ratcheting up its licensing protocols – and Farmingdale State College is ready…
Getting excited about Hofstra’s ‘Startup Weekend’
By GREGORY ZELLER // A marathon business-development exercise with a global lineage will give Long Island entrepreneurs a commercialization crash course, with two feet on the accelerator. Hofstra University is…
Stock deal locks funds for Scythian marijuana study
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Canadian R&D firm with Long Island roots has locked up the first tranche of a strategic investment that will fund a major study involving concussions…
FlightPartner, now landing everywhere
By GREGORY ZELLER // Now, everyone is in the air-charter-booking business. Well, not precisely. But any website can host the new “Quote and Booking” widget released this month by FlightPartner…
Pilgrim innovations trim energy costs, emissions
A relatively small footnote in New York State’s energy-efficiency annals will deliver lasting benefits to taxpayers and the air they breathe. A $1 million “energy-saving project” has been completed at…