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Can a hackathon make it easier to get around town?
Thirty-plus coders and a handful of local transportation agencies say, yes, it can. It’s the third year SEPTA is asking loca ...
7 years ago
ListenHow a new robot in Phoenixville dispenses meds to area nursing homes
A Baltimore company is expanding into the Philadelphia area, using robots to supply medications to nursing homes and long-term care facil ...
7 years ago
ListenPhiladelphia Zoo nets $6M grant from William Penn Foundation
There’s a bunch of other stuff, too, but a $6 million grant will partially fund “an overhead passageway allowing the Zoo̵ ...
7 years ago
Are these the 15 nerdiest places in Philly?
Nerds, geeks, dorks: Help us out here. A lifelong Philadelphian, Chris ...
7 years ago
With new job title, William Penn Foundation seeks new leader
After an abrupt split with ...
7 years ago
Eight ‘green innovators’ square off at Greenfest Philly
From wool dryer balls to a company that builds ...
7 years ago
Nutter welcomes Brand.com to new HQ in Center City Philadelphia
Want to look good online? That’s what Brand.com promises. On Thursday, Philadelphia ...
7 years ago
Could ‘connected vehicle technology’ have prevented this South Jersey school bus crash?
In February 2012 in Chesterfield, N.J., a school bus was T-boned by a speeding dump truck. The crash killed an 11-year-old girl. ...
7 years ago
With Philly as test market — and tech toys in hand — NRG aims for electric ‘engagement’
An electricity company is using Philadelphia as a launch pad for a new service. NRG Residential Solutions is not unique in ch ...
7 years ago
Philadelphia bioethics meeting tackles implanted memories and other thorny issues
Consider, for example, the implications of a fake memory. ...
7 years ago
2013 Philly Geek Award Winners #PHLGeekAwards
And the 2013 Geek of the Year award goes to… Dan Ueda, coach of th ...
7 years ago
On Snakey’s trail in Swarthmore, but we couldn’t find the 7-foot boa constrictor either
We’re here in Swarthmore, Pa., on the trail of a 7-foot-long boa constrictor that goes by the name ‘Snakey.’ He& ...
7 years ago
Hey, grown-ups: There’s no such thing as a ‘birthday week’
“Friday is my birthday!” a 20-something friend announced on Facebook on a recent Monday morning. “That means Tuesday, W ...
7 years ago
U.S. help sought over chemicals in Delaware River, Paulsboro water supply
Perfluorononanoate acid (PFNA) is a toxic compound used ...
7 years ago
Nutter admininstration using paid tech internships in battle against brain drain
The mayor of Philadelphia treated 10 college kids to lunch this week. The occasion was a city-sponsored internship program that ...
7 years ago