Who’d a thought it, but Brooklyn is going green. OK, it’s not exactly rolling hills of waving wheat, but the planned, 45,000 square foot rooftop farm will supply honest to goodness edible food to local shops, restaurants, and other folks. And not just edible, but organic for goodness’ sake. Andrew Kimball runs the city’s Brooklyn...
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The high-tech world may soon make its way into the backseat of New York’s fleet of yellow taxis, as the Taxi and Limousine Commission begins to consider whether cabs should offer embedded tablet computers as an option for customers’ use while scurrying around the city. It hasn’t been too long since New Yorkers...
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Brooklyn teacher Susan D’Auria was selected to receive an Endeavor Fellowship with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA.) The Endeavor Science Teaching Certificate Project, sponsored by NASA, trains educators who are working towards earning a STEM certificate from Columbia University’s Teachers...
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New York is not known as one of the more influential locales on the technology start-up scene, but there are several signs that New York is trying hard and making up some ground in this lucrative and exciting sphere. New York already has a Facebook presence, and together with other such stellar technology players, New York is sure...
read moreNew York, just like the rest of the world, is in mourning for Steve Jobs. Technology genius and entrepreneur Jobs died on Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. New Yorkers were out in droves paying their respects and reminiscing about what Jobs has done for the way that we communicate. Apple Store Tributes Outside of the...
read moreSometimes medicine simply can’t solve a patient’s problems – and sometimes it produces miracles. The later was the case recently for Jesus Barrios who was shot twice in the head. One of the bullets left staple sized fragments in his brain, and he was faced with a lifetime of seizures, infections, vision loss and other potential...
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