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What role will technology play in sustaining cities of the future?

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

Technology for lighting, building, energy, transportation, commnications, water, food, infrastructure – all of these – will be required to build and sustain the city of the future. World population is…

Behind the Silicon Valley Exodus: Where Tech Companies are Going

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

Contributed Report By Stacy Williams Silicon Valley has been the capital of the global technology industry for decades. At present, Silicon Valley is a $2.8 trillion neighborhood because of tech…

Will Idealab’s new incubator strengthen Tech Valley New York?

Posted on March 11, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

It’s yet to be seen what impact Idealab’s recently announced high-profile, high visibility New York tech incubator will have on Tech Valley, much less what it’s presence will mean for…

Is Samsung eyeing Tech Valley and GlobalFoundries NY chip fabs?

Posted on February 27, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

Samsung Electronics is reportedly eyeing New York’s Tech Valley – and a buyout of GlobalFoundries upstate chip manufacturing operations – as part of a major expansion of the Korean company’s…

Silicon Valley’s worst nightmare: Made in India, by India

Posted on February 17, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

Silicon Valley tech giants, among them Amazon, Google and Facebook, are coming under increasing public, administrative, and national scrutiny over internal company policies that govern how they operate, locate, and…

Jobs and New York’s Green New Deal

Posted on February 14, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

Clean Tech, and New York’s Green New Deal, have common objectives: cleaner air, fewer emissions, more efficient fuel use. If that mix leads to the development of new technology, new…

IBM’s AI Hot Spot: Tech Valley New York

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

Tech Valley is the next Artificial Intelligence Hot Spot, a designation that follows recent reports that IBM Research will build a cutting-edge technology center for AI hardware in New York’s…

Hudson-Creative seeks user input for proposed Mid-Hudson maker space

Posted on January 26, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

Hudson-Creative is conducting an online market study to assess the feasibility of bringing a maker space to the City of Hudson, New York. Click here to take the User Interest…

Hudson High School students see tech in action on Digifabshop factory tour

Posted on January 26, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

Digifabshop hosted a factory tour for Hudson High School students earlier this month where they got a first hand look at STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math) concepts at…

NY Power Authority to Integrate Lidar Tech, Drones for inspections

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Richard Wallace |

The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has received a $125,000 grant from the American Public Power Association (APPA) Demonstration of Energy & Efficiency Development (DEED) program to research and integrate…