U-Gym: Muscle Stimulator on Indiegogo
Our friend Mark Yu, co-founder of AirSig, has another project he’s introducing. His U-Gym mid-frequency electric stimulator is now starting an Indiegogo campaign. How do …
Geeky Brands at geetgeeked NYC
An announcement for getgeeked landed in our email box the other day. Unlike other geeky events, this one emphasizes physical gadgetry — audio, toy robots, …
Autonomous Desk: An AI-Powered Desk on Kickstarter
Remember Robotbase, the group behind an autonomous mobile personal robot? I wrote about their scarily smart bot back in January. Anyway, Robotbase now calls itself …
SipaBoard: Slovenian Stand Up Paddle Board (SUP) Kickstarter Project
We’re starting to see a pattern. Another email from a Slovenian engineer, another project having do with hi-tech nautical-ware. This time our engineer, Sebastjan Sitar, …
4th Annual NYU Entrepreneurs Festival, 3/6 – 3/7
The “largest celebration of NYU startups, founder, and entrepreneurs” will be held at Tisch Hall and the Kaufman Management Center next month. This NYU-centric event …
Hack Jersey 2.0, March 28 – 29
Data journalists, coders, and designers will be re-convening for another edition of Hack Jersey. Teams will meet at Montclair State University’s Center for Cooperative Media. …
Cynaps Mint: 3-D Printed Bone Conducting Audio Hardware
When last we left Max Virtual, they had started an Indiegogo campaign for their Cynaps bone conducting hearing helper. The technology amplifies voices and uses …
ITP Big Screens 2014
I haven’t been to this one before, but Big Screens is where NYU ITP students get to experiment with the enormous 120 x 11 foot …
Quadrofoil: Personal Electric Hydrofoil
We do get lots of unsolicited PR pieces from various companies pitching products. Normally, we move them into our junk folder. But last week a …
Virtual Hackathon Courtesy of Koding
Koding (formerly kodingen), is a terrific development environment that supports a thriving community of PHP, Ruby, Python and Node coders. I’ve used it for my …
Gone Fishing
We’ll be closing up shop for a few weeks. See you in September.
Omate: iWatch competition?
It’s late summer, I’ve been mostly focusing on a fast-approaching vacation, and on my other channel, I’ve been ringing the church bells over privacy issues …
Brief Note on Anonymizer: Simple Secure Browsing
I’ve been busy working on my other channel where with each post I’ve become despairing of IT security. For your personal computing, you can take …
Talent Garden: Send Your Startup to Italy
We just heard from our friends at Talent Garden, the Italian co-working network, about some interesting news. Let’s say you’re part of a US-based startup …
Pop-up Coworking Space in Newark
Newark may have lost the Bears (and are still paying the debt on the stadium), but as one proverbial door closes, another one opens. Brick …
TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2014
Spring is in the air, and TC Disrupt will be back in town May 5 – May 7. Pre-event hackathon, battlefields, and Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer …
Shifu Gets Noticed
We heard some good news from our friends behind Shifu. They’re being featured in a world-wide promotional effort by the folks over at Google Play. …
Croosle: Cute Programming Kit with Sensor on Kickstarter
Croosle is a hardware-based Kickstarter project that we just learned about. Croosle originates from Ljubljana, Slovenia. According to Google Translate, lustna means cute in Slovenian …
Hack Jersey’s Open Data Summit at Montclair State
Journalists, Gov. 2.0 advocates, computer-aware reporters, and citizen watchdog groups will be gathering at Montclair State University on May 15. This Open Data Summit will …
Kpass: Beta Launch of COPPA Parent Verification
Kpass contacted us last week to show their verification process that lets children’s web sites meet COPPA rules. Brief refresher: The Children’s Online Privacy Protection …