On February 4, 2016 at the PeaceTech Summit on Scaling PeaceTech, Robin Chase, author of Peers Inc. and Founder of Zipcar gave a keynote lunch address. When the best of people power is combined with the best of corporate power to form Peers Inc organizations, a potent creative force is released.

March 7 -- JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s. new technology hub across the street from the Hudson Yards development on Manhattan’s West Side -- a 125,000-square-foot space so vast it’s subdivided into five neighborhoods -- has all the trappings of a startup: foosball tables, a game room, industrial decor and fridges stocked with sodas and snacks. Bloomberg's Hugh Son reports on "Bloomberg Markets."

WIRED wrote: The match between Google's AlphaGo and a top ranked human player is a way of judging the suddenly rapid progress of artificial intelligence that may show how far these technologies have come-and how far they may go.

Dmitry Dragilev, CEO of Just Reach Out is a expert on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and runs one of the biggest and most popular blogs on the SEO benefits of using .nyc domains. The blog is full of optimization gems to get the most out of your .nyc domain.

If this doesn't inspire all young people to get involved with STEM then there's no hope for humanity. Watch Simone Giertz speak about her love of building hilariously terrible robots, from a terrifying knife wielding chopping bot to a life-affirming applause bot.

IIP Interactive wrote: Establishing a startup isn't easy. There are many steps entrepreneurs need to take when turning their idea into a real venture. But how do you know what to do first? What should you prioritize while in the beginning stages of building your startup?

The Verge wrote: New York City is installing a new public Wi-Fi system, planting thousands of LinkNYC hubs throughout the city. This is our first look at the onboard tablets, which give New Yorkers an easier way to connect to the web on the fly.

One of three surviving automata from the 18th century built by Jaquet Droz, this is ''The Writer'' and is the most famous. The Writer Automaton: A 240 year old doll that can write, a clockwork creation by Pierre Jaquet-Droz. Pierre Jaquet-Droz (1721-1790) was a Swiss-born watchmaker of the late eighteenth century.

From The Verge: Starry is a new company [with offices in NYC and Boston] that is promising to bring high-speed Internet over the air. The company says it can deliver gigabit speed Internet that will be beamed to its customers like Wi-Fi.

Sandy Carter wrote: We've learned a lot from our partnerships with startups over the years! I've highlighted a few tips that I think are the most important lessons for startups today.

Marvin Minsky passed away recently so we think it's fitting to offer a glimpse of this hugely influential thinker. From Closer To Truth: Click here for more videos from Marvin Minsky http://bit.ly/1HbzQMx Click here for more videos on whether our universe is a fake http://bit.ly/1OFKz7x To buy episodes of Closer To Truth click here http://bit.ly/1LUPlQS For more video interview please visit us at www.closertotruth.com

Wall Street Journal wrote: Like New York City's phone-booths-turned-hotspots, public Wi-Fi is getting faster and more widespread. The WSJ's Joanna Stern tells you what you need to know before logging on. Photo/video: Drew Evans/The Wall Street Journal.

Softkinetic, a subsidiary of Sony: Opportunities for using 3D vision technology are limited only by imagination. Our solutions are already widely used in mobile devices, cars, wearables, TVs, consoles, 3D scanners, robots, toys, homes and connected objects. Visit www.softkinetic.com to find out more.

Josh Long is the Product Design Lead at Oscar, a "health insurance company that employs technology, design, and data to humanize health care." He spoke at Design Driven NYC in December 2015 about thriving as a designer at a rapidly-growing startup. FirstMark Capital is an early stage venture capital firm based in New York City.

IBM Cloud Computing wrote: Genomic Expressions is disrupting cancer treatments and the development of new cancer drugs, especially in immune therapy, by providing a report of actionable targets using the tumor's genetic expressions.

Speech by Brittany Gorevic (General Manager of Union Square Ventures) at Slush 2015. 

Fruit Street demos their telehealth software. See how this software allows medical professionals to provide services remotely.

Pilot Health Tech NYC provides funding to innovative pilot projects to take place in New York City. The program seeks to match early-stage health or healthcare technology companies (Innovators) with key NYC healthcare service organizations and stakeholders (Hosts), including hospitals, physician clinics, payors, pharma companies, nursing associations, major employers and retailers. The program seeks to fund projects that have a clear path to commercialization beyond the pilot.

Chris Pierantozzi, creative director at Saatchi & Saatchi L.A., says half of what you create will do badly. But Mr. Pierantozzi insists that no matter how low the batting average, you have to keep testing, on multiple fronts, to make gains in this new era.

We can do something TODAY that creates healthier homes for a healthier planet. It all starts with a cleaner cooking fire. Now through December 11th, 100% of every sale at the BioLite Shop will go towards bringing clean cookstoves to India and Sub-Saharan Africa in 2016.

Ed Skrypa, a neon tube bender at Let There Be Neon, explains how a custom neon sign is crafted.

Hacking TV #0017 Will the big guys crowd out innovation in digital TV? Saul and Steve have a lively debate about whether the rapidly emerging over-the-top TV market is going to be open to innovative upstarts as well as media giants trying to learn new tricks. This plays out in several of the week’s stories: -Comcast launches Stream its $15/month Internet cable service in Boston. -Paid niche sliver casting services like Cruncyroll and Worldwide Wrestling are now making big bucks.

New York City CIO Anne Roest says the city faces two key challenges with its technology workforce: recruiting a new generation of workers to replace retiring employees and preparing IT staff to cope with rapidly and constantly changing technologies.

New York City uses analytics to help entrepreneurs open new businesses. A new Business Atlas, developed by the Mayor's Office of Data Analytics and the city Department of Small Business Services, combines multiple data sets to provide sophisticated market research for potential employers.

Missed CODEGIRL on YouTube? @CODEGIRLmovie is now on @iTunesMovies! For a limited time you can rent it for only 99cents→bit.ly/CODEGIRLiTunes VISIT://www.codegirlmovie.com for more details. Join high school-aged girls from around the world as they try to better their community through technology and collaboration in this thrilling, heartfelt documentary.

The New York Times wrote: The making of The New York Times Magazine's Walking New York cover with the artist JR. Note: This is a VR video - a brand new kind of video that gives you a sense of depth in every direction so you feel like you're actually there.

How great would it be if you could build and deploy your app in the time it takes to drink your coffee. If only life was that simple. Imagine what you could do with the time you had saved.

Brooklyn Futurist Meetup at Brooklyn Law School - Oct 26 2015 Rohit Talwar, one of the world's leading, well-connected futurists - visiting from London argues that over the next 5-20 years we will experience more change in business than in the prior 500.

Congrats to the October Startup of the Month winner, Grand Central Tech. Presented by Justworks.

Too often, investors are paying asset managers high fees for nothing more than a high-priced lottery ticket. With the help of IBM Bluemix, Alpha Modus is changing that with their innovative marketplace of investment technologies.

Uncubed connects you to innovative companies. Twice a year, Uncubed produces the go-to conference for discovering the greatest innovative work places and learn from seasoned creators.

Uncubed's Editor-in-Chief Guy Cimbalo sits down for an exclusive interview with former NFL star and current entrepreneur Tiki Barber at NYC Uncubed. Thuzio helps retired professional athletes monetize their brand.

Oscar Health's VP of Marketing Veronica Parker-Hahn takes you through the key stops of building an authentic and successful marketing campaign live at NYC Uncubed.

Explore the future of 3D printing and mass custom manufacturing with SOLS CEO and Founder, Kegan Schouwenberg,from her live talk at NYC Uncubed.

Many have cited the tap water as the reason New York City produces the best bagels, but there's much more to the story than excellent H2O. The American Chemical Society explains the chemistry behind the best bagels.

This is a new online platform that community groups can use to develop online hubs for civic engagement, online organizing and information-sharing.

Gary Vaynerchuk wrote: The problem isn't millennials. Every 50 year old doctor, dentist, and lawyer is happy to throw $20,000 checks around because they read about Uber and they have some money to spend. The times are just too good in tech. This is generation is the single largest collection of FAKE entrepreneurs of all time.

Lisa Gross, founder of The League of Kitchens shares the story of launching a startup that taps into old traditions, gives women a new source of income and creates communities.

littleBits is a system of electronic modules that snap together with magnets. We built littleBits to break the boundaries between the products we consume and the things we make, and to make everyone into an inventor. Each littleBit has one unique function (light, sound, sensors, buttons), and with different combinations you can make large circuits. littleBits allows you to create interactive projects without any background in engineering, programming or wiring, in a few seconds. It's as easy as snapping LEGO bricks together. And the best part is, it's open source!