coffee; the quasi-complementary (transistor) amplifier circuit; lateral transistor; the wireless microphone; as well as Eugene Kleiner's first semiconductor (and much of the Silicon Valley), and Spencer Trask's investing and supporting of Thomas Edison's invention of the electric light bulb.
=== Academic labs ===
Academic labs and research centers include:
Computational Mechanics Laboratory
Dynamical Systems Laboratory
Brooklyn Experimental Media Center (formerly Integrated Digital Media Institute)
Wireless Implementation Testbed Laboratory
Bio-interfacial Engineering and Diagnostics Lab
Control and Telecommunications Research Laboratory
High-Speed Networking Lab
Power and Power Electronics Engineering Laboratory
CITE Game Innovation Lab
Protein Engineering and Molecular Design Laboratory
Translational Neuroengineering (associated with the NYU Center for Neural Science and the NYU Langone Medical Center)
Urban Future Lab (founded in partnership with the New York City Economic Development Corporation)
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