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Philly 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 ...

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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 ...

12 years ago

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Local MacArthur ‘geniuses’ on grit and Camden’s most vulnerable

GUESTS: ANGELA DUCKWORTH & DR. JEFFREY BRENNER The annual ...

Air Date: October 16, 2013

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 Kimberlee Sue Moran of the Center for Forensic Science Research & Education works at a dig site during a police training course. (Image courtesy of Moran)
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Rutgers 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 ...

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Fixing Philly schools with 5 senses

Because scent can fix Philadelphia’s public schools. ...

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Watch three years of Philly bike theft patterns

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Meals from a climate-changed future: GhostFood

Imagine a future where cod, peanuts and, ...

12 years ago

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 Brooklyn-based 3rd Ward is closing its coworking space in Olde Kensington after less than six months. (Nathaniel Hamilton/WHYY)
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Makerspace 3rd Ward unexpectedly closes

So much for all that: 3rd Ward — both the Brooklyn flagship and the newly opened Philadelphia location (which we ...

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
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The myPhillyRising mobile app tells residents about upcoming events, local resources available.

12 years ago

 Two new security features on the $100 bill are a holographic 3D ribbon sewn into the paper, and an inkwell that turns into a green bell in the light. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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A high-tech makeover for the new $100 bill

Starting today, there’s a new $100 bill. “The biggest difference between the old and the new is the 3-D security ribbo ...

12 years ago

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How Pa. startups are getting $75M more in state funding

With government budgets tight, Harrisburg is finding new ways to help Pennsylvania tech entrepreneurs — by borrowing against future tax ...

12 years ago

 Geoff DiMasi, P'unk Avenue principal, organized this week's Junto Retreat as a place for business leaders to talk about how to make a positive impact. (Photo Courtesy of of Kevin Monko)
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‘For profit, for good’: How ‘Junto 2013’ rallied local business leaders

“This is a business retreat, but maybe not the business retreat most people would imagine,” said ...

13 years ago

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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: A Look at Infrastructure, Transportation, and the Airline Industry

Pennsylvania’s Department of Transportation officials recently announced a weight limit on vehicles crossing over 1,000 aging and crumb ...

Air Date: September 27, 2013

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Changing Attitudes Toward Driving and the Automobile

A recent report from the Federal Highway Administration found that Americans are driving less. Car usage reached its peak in 2007 and has ...

Air Date: September 26, 2013

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CHOP partners with VC fund to funnel revenue back into research

Commercializing research from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is nothing new. One of its biggest hits is a rotavirus v ...

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