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New America’s Open Technology Institute advanced to the...

New America’s Open Technology Institute advanced to the second stage of the New York Economic Development Corporation’s Resilient Innovation for a Strong Economy competition. Finalists will be chosen from those making it to the second stage, an OTI spokeswoman said.…

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OTI is proposing to create resilient local mesh networks and is seeking community-based organizations and small businesses as potential partners, the organization said in a Monday news release (http://bit.ly/1xyA9jk). It said the idea is similar to Red Hook WiFi, a community wireless mesh network in Brooklyn, New York, that kept people connected during Superstorm Sandy.