An Open Source Life

An Open Source Life

When Gabriella Levine talks about the concept of open hardware, where individuals share ideas and knowledge to push technological innovation, she need only point to her life as an example.The COO of the robotics company Protei, and a pioneer in robotics and design,...
New Jersey, the Next Silicon Valley?

New Jersey, the Next Silicon Valley?

Avi Karnani has wacky ideas. Like dropping a hedge fund job to start up a personal finance business. Or incubating a company that helps people not spend their money.But his latest idea may be the wackiest of all –turning NJ into a hot bed of new technology, or as he...
Roddy Wildeman lights up the shore

Roddy Wildeman lights up the shore

In the immediate aftermath of superstorm Sandy, the wreckage was almost indescribable. Most people living in Monmouth and Ocean counties were left in the dark, and thus without a television. Yet across the country images streamed in detailing the destructive toll of...
From Adversity to Aesthetic

From Adversity to Aesthetic

In a world where our human form has been doctored to be wrinkle-free and airbrushed to be ageless, Aimee Mullins talk of courage and acceptance comes as a breathe of fresh air. I stumbled upon her TED talk from 2009, switching through television channels one late...
Tom Walker: Re-Drawing Paradise

Tom Walker: Re-Drawing Paradise

Tom Walker says he was not initially a big fan of the Jersey Shore. Having spent much of his youth on the beaches of northern California, the Jersey Shore was different. He really wasn’t familiar with the “vocabulary” of the landscape here. But slowly over the years,...