New York cops told to stay in line when online

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New York City’s police commissioner announced new restrictions Thursday for cops who want to tweet and post on Facebook.

Posted: March 29th, 2013 in Latest Technology Stories,Social Media | Read More »

NYPD, Microsoft create crime-fighting tech system

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This Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013 photo shows a detail of a video wall that shows New York city police officers an interactive map of the area, security footage from nearby cameras, locations where high radiation levels are detected and whether any other threats have been made in New York. The Domain Awareness System, known as “the dashboard,” instantaneously mines data from the NYPD’s vast collection of arrest records, 911 calls, more than 3,000 security cameras city-wide, license plate readers and portable radiation detectors and aggregates it into a user-friendly, readable form. AP/Mary Altaffer

An emergency call comes in about a possible bomb in lower Manhattan and an alert pops up on computer screens at the New York Police Department, instantly showing officers an interactive map of the neighborhood, footage from nearby security cameras, whether there are high radiation levels and whether any other threats have been made against the city.

Posted: February 21st, 2013 in Apps and Softwares,Featured Gallery,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

New York is vying to become global high-tech hub

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In this May 17, 2012 photo, a view is shown of the eastern section of the Coler Goldwater Specialty Hospital & Nursing Facility, an acute long-term care hospital facility on Roosevelt Island, in New York. The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, is partnering with New York's Cornell University to create CornellNYC Tech, a 10-acre $2 billion campus, to replace the facility located on Roosevelt Island's southern end. AP PHOTO/BEBETO MATTHEWS

Just as a trench dug in the 1800s created a shortcut to the nation’s interior and helped make New York a global trading hub, the city is now hoping for another “Erie Canal moment” with a high-tech research complex to be built on an island in the East River.

Posted: May 29th, 2012 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

New York taxis could get iPads—report

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New Yorkers may be able to surf and ride at the same time if a plan to put iPads, or a similar device, in the back of taxis takes off.

Posted: February 22nd, 2012 in Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Staying active is all in the wrist

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Want to be more active? An innovative wristband that tracks and measures everyday movement may just be what you need.

Posted: January 25th, 2012 in Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

New sensor network protecting art in NY museum

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Protect art from any damage, even slow damage. Paolo Dionisi Vici, associate research scientist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, left, and Hendrik Hamann, Research Manager at IBM, discuss a new environmental sensor system that will be deployed at the Cloisters Museum in New York this month. The sensors will monitor the climate in the museum, and help preserve the artwork within its walls. (AP Photo)

NEW YORK — It will take a good eye to spot them, but dozens of tiny, very modern works of art have been installed near the 15th-century unicorn tapestries and other medieval masterpieces at a New York City museum. The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced on Thursday that a network of wireless environmental sensors designed [...]

Posted: June 9th, 2011 in Featured Gallery,Headlines | Read More »

New York cops told to stay in line when online

NYPD, Microsoft create crime-fighting tech system

New York is vying to become global high-tech hub

New York taxis could get iPads—report

Staying active is all in the wrist

New sensor network protecting art in NY museum

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