Elmont Station opens (sorta) as the puck drops at UBS
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s been a long time since the New York Islanders played a home game – and a lot longer since the Long Island Rail Road opened…
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Major investors back forward-looking ‘neural interface’
By GREGORY ZELLER // A cutting-edge California company’s mind-over-matter brain/computer interface device has caught Northwell Health’s attention. Santa Barbara-based startup Cognixion has announced a $12 million seed-funding round led by…
Long Island charities are missing the Bitcoin boat
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // Bitcoin recently hit an all-time high – rising, like, 100,000 percent – and the combined market cap of the roughly 10,400 worldwide cryptocurrencies has crossed the…
IPS goes above and (Vision) Beyond with AR glasses
By GREGORY ZELLER // A decade-old technology has been re-tasked for a decidedly 21st Century mission. Or maybe 23rd Century: beaming doctors from one location to another, allowing a remote…
Oceanside hospital approved for national cancer trials
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Long Island hospital has earned key National Cancer Institute approvals, opening the doors to two frontline clinical trials. Oceanside’s Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital, the…
In real-time health platform, a billion points of data
By GREGORY ZELLER // New York’s largest healthcare provider is contributing to a national program that will save lives with digital data. Billed as “the world’s first health system-led data…
New teachers gain inside track with inner-city training
By GREGORY ZELLER // An Adelphi University teacher-training program with an eye on inner-city schools is recruiting its first cohort. The university’s College of Education and Health Sciences is partnering…
Northwell, Aegis share intelligence in new AI venture
By TERRY LYNAM // Most industry observers agree that artificial intelligence has unimaginable potential to revolutionize medical care – but making AI work in an incredibly complex real-world environment is…
All in: With cash and new ace, StorEn’s deck is stacked
By GREGORY ZELLER // These are busy days for StorEn Technologies, a Stony Brook-based startup reinventing battery power on a global scale. For starters, the 2017 startup – which is…
R&D tax credits can make the difference for startups
By CHRIS NOBLE // Research and development activities are critical to driving innovation and economic growth. Recognizing both their value and their associated expenses, the R&D tax credit was first…
In UpSkill pilot, public/private pact eyes IT workforce
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new program by a longtime booster of the regional technology workforce will look to get ’em while they’re young. Website development, an impressive list of…
Better late than never, SBU officially installs McInnis
By GREGORY ZELLER // Twenty months since she was announced by the SUNY Board of Trustees – and more than 16 since she actually assumed the office – Maurie McInnis…
Innovation on the front lines of the vegan revolution
By NANCY PAK // Once in the last century or so, Charles Duell, commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office in 1899, has been cited for allegedly saying, “Everything that can…
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 scientists drill motor cortex in Parkinson’s pursuit
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new Stony Brook University study digs deep into the cerebral cortex to discover fresh clues about declining motor skills in Parkinson’s disease patients. The loss…