But there are signs of a groundswell of high-tech hardware start-ups, beyond breakout companies like the electric carmaker Tesla
and Nest Labs, the digital thermostat company, which Google bought for $3.2 billion and is now a subsidiary of the parent company, Alphabet.
On Thursday, New Lab announced that 14 of its companies, including StrongArm, are joining
an urban technology initiative with the New York City Economic Development Corporation.
In addition to the 3-D printers and other prototyping equipment at New Lab, Justin Stanwix, chief revenue officer at Nanotronics, said a vital asset of the Brooklyn work space was the connections
and idea-swapping to improve manufacturing, tap investors and manage intellectual property.
A Hardware Renaissance Grows in Brooklyn — and Elsewhere -
By STEVE LOHRAPRIL 27, 2017
StrongArm Technologies, a start-up company in Brooklyn, makes “ergo-skeletons”
that look a bit like futuristic versions of the back support belts that warehouse workers often wear.
