But there are signs of a groundswell of high-tech hardware start-ups, beyond breakout companies like the electric carmaker Tesla<br />and Nest Labs, the digital thermostat company, which Google bought for $3.2 billion and is now a subsidiary of the parent company, Alphabet.<br />On Thursday, New Lab announced that 14 of its companies, including StrongArm, are joining<br />an urban technology initiative with the New York City Economic Development Corporation.<br />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<br />and idea-swapping to improve manufacturing, tap investors and manage intellectual property.<br />A Hardware Renaissance Grows in Brooklyn — and Elsewhere -<br />By STEVE LOHRAPRIL 27, 2017<br />StrongArm Technologies, a start-up company in Brooklyn, makes “ergo-skeletons”<br />that look a bit like futuristic versions of the back support belts that warehouse workers often wear.
