Before Silicon Valley, New Jersey Reigned As Nation's Center Of Innovation

Post by Animats » Tue, Jun 06, 2017, 6:44 PM UTC

TarpitCarnivore wrote: post #72

Akarnani wrote: post #26

Even as Silicon Valley was still in its infancy, a group of organizations including Bell, MCI, GM, and others hired Fred Terman from Stanford to make NJ more like what Silicon Valley (NJ and SV share a ton of similarities, i did a tedx talk about it below [1]) but Terman was unsuccessful. He pointed to how Princeton was not focused enough on applied science the way Stanford was. East coast politics and stock market d…

The old Bell Labs building is, finally, under a revitalization and reuse of the workspace called Bell Works ( http://bell.works/neighborhood/ ). Based on job listings it seems NVIDIA's AI/Autonomous driving is happening there. As someone who lives close by, but commutes to NYC, I can only hope to see more big name companies move in. As for Fort Monmouth, pretty much all the offices were moved to Aberdeen as part of t…

Post by eludwig » Tue, Jun 06, 2017, 7:14 PM UTC

aswanson wrote: post #79

eludwig wrote: post #38

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Silicon Turnpike? disclaimer: I live in NJ and commute to NY, yes - to work for a big financial concern. Lo and behold, I was just informed that my company is moving a ton of staff to a new Jersey "campus." They have likened the new facility to google or Facebook (although, knowing stuffy finance, I have my doubts ;)

How long is your commute?

Post by exhilaration » Tue, Jun 06, 2017, 8:03 PM UTC

omni wrote: post #85

No discussion on New Jersey's glorious past is complete without a reference to the most passive-aggressive bridge in the world, located in Trenton http://www.usw.org/blog/2015/intro/trenton-pics.jpg

Post by kough » Tue, Jun 06, 2017, 8:25 PM UTC

brightball wrote: post #53

Akarnani wrote: post #26

Even as Silicon Valley was still in its infancy, a group of organizations including Bell, MCI, GM, and others hired Fred Terman from Stanford to make NJ more like what Silicon Valley (NJ and SV share a ton of similarities, i did a tedx talk about it below [1]) but Terman was unsuccessful. He pointed to how Princeton was not focused enough on applied science the way Stanford was. East coast politics and stock market d…

Stanford of the East title is taken already. :-) http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/dabo-swinney-turned-clemson-mod... > Swinney enjoys joshing his close friend David Shaw, the Stanford coach, about how Clemson is "the Stanford of the East Coast and they're the Clemson of the West Coast."

Post by hari_seldon_ » Tue, Jun 06, 2017, 9:20 PM UTC

bogomipz wrote: post #29

hari_seldon_ wrote: post #22

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Many people on HN seem to forget that many strides in computer science, computer architecture, and mathematics came from schools that don't start with an "S" and are from outside of the Bay Area. I think it is more that the definition of how you measure innovation has shifted over time -- now it is based on how many dollars are raised for your venture vs. actual strides being made in academic fields of study.

I find your comment a bit gratuitous. These seminal figures come up somewhat regularly on HN and it's no secret that these great minds hailed from Austria, Britain, Hungary, Germany etc.