Karen A. Frenkel

Science and Technology Writer

Hurricanes in the Hamptons

Hurricanes in the Hamptons - First published on MrBellersNeighborhood.com

Memories, triggered by Hurricane Sandy, of storms of the past, in East Hampton.

Hurricanes in the Hamptons reprinted in The East Hampton Star

Guestwords: After the Deluge

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Selected Works

Bloomberg.com, Bloomberg Businessweek, Businessweek.com

Pulling the Plug on Comatose Servers

A company tackles the wasteful data center industry with a new business model.

Dragging Fashion Wholesalers Into the Digital Age

The fashion industry goes tech in order to step up efficiency when it comes to ordering threads.

An Overseas Push for Video Software for Sports Teams

Hudl's software lets coaches edit athletes' plays and use them for training. But the company must psych out coaches from different cultures to learn how they train to win.

Crowdsourced in the U.S.A.

New-fangled milk crates designed for college students, with the incite of the crowd and made in the U.S.A.

Microphones for the Stars Go Mass Market

Blue Microphones has expanded its reach, making mics for iPhones, iPods, and iPADs and any other USB device.

Innovator: Scott R. White’s Self-Healing Circuits

The University of Illinois engineering professor creates self-healing materials, and has successfully applied the idea to electronic circuits

SkillSurvey Helps Employers Get ’Honest’ References for Potential Hires

Automating recruiting with anonymous job references

Echo360 Pushes ‘Lecture Capture’ Tech into Classrooms from Qatar to the U.S.

AirDye Aims to Save Oceans of Water by Retooling Textile Mills

A textile company aims for sustainability.

Kirk Cameron Cuts Computers' Power Use

Saving power for supercomputers, laptops, and now data centers.

GreenDriver Uses Traffic Data to Help Cars Steer Clear of Jams

A new smartphone app that suggests routes to drivers, saving them time and fuel.

Phononic Devices’s Chips Convert Waste Heat into Electricity

"Our fundamental advance allows us to deliver devices that can provide cooling for refrigeration or waste heat recovery and efficiently convert it into power," says Phononic Devices Chief Executive Officer Anthony Atti.

As Doctors Limit Access, Pharma Taps Viscira for Simulations

Pressed for time, doctors are less and less amenable to face-to-face meetings with pharma reps. Viscira's biomedical computer animation reach tech-savvy MDs.

Tech from Plextronics Could Replace Lightbulbs, ’Do Away With iPads’

Essence Magazine

Black Women in Tech

Influential Black women in tech and an entrepreneurial mother-daughter pair.

Creative Non-Fiction

Jewish Literary Journal: The Chandelier

An unusual gift, an unusual heritage

MrBellersNeighborhood.com and The East Hampton Star: Hurricanes in the Hamptons

Memories, triggered by Hurricane Sandy, of storms of the past.

MrBellersNeighborhood.com: Half-Blind Faith

A true short story from and to Manhattan's Upper West Side.

ScientificAmerican.com

Robot Glider Detects Rogue Waves and Other Ocean Anomalies Missed by Satellites

The Wisdom of the Hive

Is the Web a Threat to Creativity and Cultural values? One Cyber Pioneer Thinks So.

Therapists Use Virtual Worlds to Address Real Problems

Troubled teens benefit from role-play in virtual worlds with their therapists.

FastCompany.com

The Amazing Aerial Photos Of Sandy’s Destruction That Are Helping Rebuild The Region

Special imaging technology shows the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy.

How To Email Your Family After You Die

Posthumous emails, videos, and animations.

Clothing That Fights Homelessness Also Fights The One-For-One Model

KNO goes up against TOMS, asking to buy more, give more.

An Educational Robotics Kit Designed To Get Girls Into Engineering

Kids use the kit, called Hummingbird, to build whatever they imagine.

Strategies To Help Women Thrive in STEM Careers.

Engineer and entrepreneur Karen Purcell highlights some of strategies for women in STEM in her book, Unlock Your Brilliance.

Hey Shopaholics, This Little Birdy Will Keep An Eye On What You Are Spending

Email reminders help people keep track of their spending.

Getting Hitched? Hosting A Conference? This DIY App For Your Big Events Takes 15 Minutes To Make

A new company, Yapp, helps you create your own app.

The Flipped Classroom: Answering Obama’s Call For Creativity In Education

At-risk students thrive with a new style of learning.

Encyclopaedia Britannica Is Dead, Long Live Encyclopaedia Britannica

An Interview with Encyclopaedia Britannica President Jorge Cauz.

How $1.25 Billion Gets Spent In A Day: "Austerity Fatigue" And High Tech

Cyber Monday's best day ever and why.

CSi: Crime Scene iPhones Yield Forensic Evidence, Confusion About Data Handling

The Murray/Jackson trial showcases iPhone forensics, experts comment on the state of the art.

Skype's Huge, New Security Headeaches

Researchers find privacy breeches possible.

Interview

A Conversation with Steve Jobs

A 1989 interview with the late, titanic visionary while he was CEO of NeXT,Inc., in which he discusses the Mach OS, robotic manufacturing, mentoring employees, digital Shakespeare and Webster's...