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Mixing LI business and high tech to create growth

Quick ReadStony Brook University researchers and top executives of Long Island technology and defense companies mingle for a day with hope that businesses would find some technologies the scientists were offering that, ultimately, could be manufactured on the Island.

James Hayward, president of Applied DNA Sciences, shows

Photo credit: Joseph D. Sullivan | James Hayward, president of Applied DNA Sciences, shows a "DNA fog" that can be used to protect a business from theft or robbery. He was among the scientists attending a show-and-tell session with Long Island tech businesses. (Jan. 21, 2011)

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The idea, Frank Otto said, was to get "everyone" together.

In this case, "everyone" meant the scientists at Stony Brook University and top executives of Long Island technology and defense companies. The plan was to throw them all together for a day and see what would come out, the hope being that the businesses would find some interest in the technologies the scientists were offering and that,...

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