Design & Tech

Brooklyn’s Recycling Startups Aim to Shrink the Trash Pile

From beer-brewing waste to old cell phones, what used to be garbage can often be turned into something useful

By Dana Gibbs

Design & Tech

STEAM Rises: Brooklyn Students to Get a Tech Training Center

At the Navy Yard, high schoolers will get hands-on experience in the skilled professions of the future

By Stephen Koepp

Design & Tech

Is Brooklyn Ready for the Invasion of the E-scooters?

As billion-dollar startup companies launch fleets in cities around the U.S., New York is the biggest prize of all

By Arden Phillips

Design & Tech

How an NYU Team Reveals Facebook Political Ad Spending

A trio of tech scholars at Brooklyn's Tandon school dug into a new archive–and identified Trump as the No. 1 spender

By Michael Stahl

Design & Tech

A VC With $50 Million to Spend Talks About Blockchain

'It's a very new world. We are all learning,' says Kavita Gupta, the investor running Brooklyn's ConsenSys Ventures

By Erin Schulte

Design & Tech

Eileen Fisher Opens Her First Brooklyn Shop: Making Space

The renowned minimalist designer creates a store where she hopes customers will find not only products, but inspiration

By Sara Lieberman

Design & Tech

Wheels on the Wall: a Brooklyn Bike Maker Shows Its Stuff

A Greenpoint manufacturer opens a showroom designed to feel like an art gallery

By Arden Phillips

Design & Tech

Dean With a Dream: How a Physicist Put a School Together

As the pivotal leader of Brooklyn's NYU Tandon steps down, he talks about his legacy and future science

By Stephen Koepp

Design & Tech

How Veterans Learn to Turn Their Ideas into Startups

A new Brooklyn program called VET graduates its first class of future tech entrepreneurs

By Arden Phillips

Design & Tech

The Mild Bunch: Electric Moped Sharing Arrives in Brooklyn

A local startup, Revel Transit, is starting with a few dozen scooters–but clearly thinking about a revolution

By Arden Phillips