‘Connectivity’ to be hallmark of Cornell Tech campus design

A Dec. 19 panel discussion in New York City outlined the vision for Cornell Tech’s permanent home, slated for groundbreaking in early 2014.

Two years in making, Cornell Tech land deal is official

Two years to the day after Cornell won Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Applied Sciences NYC competition, President David Skorton signed the lease for the city land on which Cornell NYC Tech will be built.

Cornell Tech students show off their innovations

Cornell NYC Tech hosted an "open studio" Dec. 13 to showcase projects from its first graduating class and from new students in the program.

Apps make sense of social media 'noise'

Cornell Tech's Mor Naaman introduced two new apps designed to find usefulness in the see of social media generated data in New York City Dec. 11.

Fully functional loudspeaker is 3-D printed

Researchers have 3-D printed a working loudspeaker, complete with plastic, conductive and magnetic parts, seamlessly integrated, and ready for use almost as soon as it comes out of the printer.

Johnston Turner extends invitation to try Google Glass

Music professor Cynthia Johnston Turner and Tyler Ehrlich '14 are inviting Cornellians to become official Google Glass Explorers, and are taking entries via Twitter through Dec. 15.

Picture of health: a selfie that may save your life

With a new smartphone device, you can now take an accurate iPhone camera selfie that could save your life – it reads your cholesterol level in about a minute.

Facebook supports open-source software course

Students in "Open-Source Software Engineering" work with industry mentors and worldwide teams on real-world projects.

Your phone can spy on you, new book warns

A book by Cornell engineering professor Stephen Wicker warns that surveillance is built into the cellular phone system.