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A running lizard slips and falls. Can that make seniors safer?
If you study them closely enough, maybe animals in motion can help humans move better — or even robots. That’s the idea be ...
11 years ago
ListenNPR highlights Philadelphia as a city where ‘tech procurement works’
The government procurement process. Are there four duller words in the English language? (I kid.) But here’s why you should ...
11 years ago
15 totally weird (in a good way) talks from Ignite Philly 12 [audio]
Get up on stage and say something interesting. That’s Ignite Philly, in a nutshell. Last night was the 12th local gathering ...
11 years ago
Strong showing from Pa. universities in GSK drug competition
Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) just ...
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ListenOld tech, new twist: NeoLucida inventor to speak in Philly Thursday
At its most basic level, it’s a prism on a stick. Aim it at an object, put your eye just above the prism and on the paper below app ...
11 years ago
ListenShould this be Philadephia’s new city flag?
The Philadelphia city flag. You really don’t see it that much. “You really don’t,” said Edward Mitchell, a ...
11 years ago
ListenCan entrepreneurs improve public safety? Philly launches FastFWD to find out
Philadelphia has its problems. The city wants entrepreneurs to help fix them. In a nutshell, that’s the idea behind FastFWD ...
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Philadelphia’s city-backed seed fund just announced its first investment
And the first investment from ...
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ListenPhilly is getting an Innovators Walk of Fame. Here’s the inaugural class
It ain’t no Hollywood Walk of Fame, but it’s a start. By late 2014, Philadelphia will have its own “Innovators W ...
11 years ago
Solar-powered battery charger takes top prize in Drexel incubator competition
Every year, Drexel’s Baiada Institute for Entrepreneurship puts on a competition. Startups launched by Drexel students and alu ...
11 years ago
ListenRutgers instructor: During zombie apocalypse, you’d be fine
With Halloween coming up, an instructor at Rutgers-Camden has a survival guide for you — a zombie survival guide. Kimberlee Sue ...
11 years ago
ListenFixing Philly schools with 5 senses
Because scent can fix Philadelphia’s public schools. ...
11 years ago
Meals from a climate-changed future: GhostFood
Imagine a future where cod, peanuts and, ...
11 years ago
ListenMakerspace 3rd Ward unexpectedly closes
So much for all that: 3rd Ward — both the Brooklyn flagship and the newly opened Philadelphia location (which we ...
11 years ago