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. 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.