Dec 07, 2011 — Business incubators are typically home to young companies shopping new ideas in technology, such as medical devices or apps for smart phones.

But there's an exception at the University at Buffalo Technology Incubator, a business straight out of the humanities department. The Innovation Trail's Daniel Robison has more.  Go to full article

Buffalo, NY, Dec 06, 2011 — A new geodesic dome is attracting renewed attention to the Occupy Buffalo encampment. The donated structure will act as a warming station over the winter, or until the occupiers are evicted. As the Innovation Trail's Daniel Robison reports, occupiers see it as a symbol of their commitment to stay put in Niagara Square.  Go to full article

Rochester, NY, Dec 02, 2011 — The Occupy Wall Street movement is facing twin threats: growing impatience with the protestors' tent cities from local officials, and winter.

The Innovation Trail checked in with Occupy movements across New York to see how they're fairing. We begin in Albany, where Marie Cusick reports that protestors are determined to voice their frustrations with the state of the economy, and the state of New York.  Go to full article

Buffalo, NY, Aug 02, 2011 — First Niagara Financial Group has purchased 195 HSBC bank branches, including 71 in western New York, and a dozen in the north country. Julie Grant reports that it's unclear what will happen to those northern HSBC branches, customers, and employees.  Go to full article

Buffalo, NY, Feb 23, 2011 — The Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo is now offering the first-ever vaccine to treat cancer. But as the Innovation Trail's Daniel Robison reports, the drug isn't for everyone.  Go to full article

Buffalo, NY, Feb 09, 2011 — In a unanimous vote, the Buffalo Common Council has banned hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, within the city's borders. The Innovation Trail's Daniel Robison reports the law's supporters hope the move sways other communities in New York to follow suit.  Go to full article

Buffalo, NY, Jan 28, 2011 — The term "universal design" isn't well known but its principals are all around us. Modern elevators, hallways and doors are all easier to use than they used to be. As the Innovation Trail's Daniel Robison reports, a western New York group has played a key role in making the world more accessible for people with disabilities and everyone else.  Go to full article

Aug 06, 2008 — This Saturday one of the most successful presenters of gypsy jazz, Babik, will venture east from their home base in Buffalo to play two gigs in the North Country, in Sacketts Harbor and Potsdam. Joel Hurd has a preview.  Go to full article

Dec 27, 2007 — Every year, across the country millions of dollars are spent tearing down condemned houses and hauling away tons of debris to landfills. But progressive engineers and community activists have found a way to reverse that wasteful process. A demolition method called "deconstruction" uses human power instead of the wrecking ball to preserve and reuse everything from floor joists to the kitchen sink. Joyce Kryszak puts on her hard hat and takes us to a deconstruction site in Buffalo.  Go to full article

Jul 25, 2007 — Lieutenant Governor David Paterson is back in New York City after spending yesterday in a Buffalo hospital. Paterson became sick on an early morning flight to Buffalo with Governor Spitzer. Martha Foley has details.  Go to full article