Featured Stories

Inside the Innovation Bubble at Carnegie Mellon

Babs Carryer Thursday, April 26, 2012

When a CMU grad and entrepreneur recently returned to campus, the school lined up its best and brightest to present their ideas to him.

Design, Entertainment Technology, High Technology, Higher Education, Intellectual Property, Robotics, Sustainability

Pittsburgh

Turnout At First Women In Tech Summit Is Proof of Growth

Corinne Warnshuis Thursday, April 26, 2012

Two hundred women convened for networking and learning on Saturday for this Philly Tech Week event, illustrating the local rise of women in technology.

Design, Entertainment Technology, High Technology, Intellectual Property, Robotics, Social Media

Philadelphia

Shepherd's Heart: Helping Returning Vets Find Their Way

Marty Levine Thursday, April 19, 2012

Shepherd's Heart in Pittsburgh helps returning vets with transitional housing, job skills, counseling and more.

Pittsburgh

Philadelphia's South Street West Comes of Age

Elise Vider Thursday, April 19, 2012

One of Philly's iconic streets is abuzz with construction, rehab and lots of new businesses, establishing a new dining destination that's more livable than ever.

Construction, Design

Philadelphia

Good on Paper: Roaring Spring's Innovation Means Less Coal

Rebecca VanderMeulen Thursday, April 19, 2012

The 125-year old Blair County company is compressing waste from paper production into a fuel source that would reduce coal use by PA manufacturers.

Advanced Manufacturing and Materials, Business Services, Design, High Technology, Sustainability

State College

Startup America Lands in PA to Galvanize State's Entrepreneurs

Joe Petrucci Thursday, April 19, 2012

A sold-out room of PA's most engaged entrepreneurs revealed many truths and hopes at Harrisburg University on Wednesday.

Business Services, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

Harrisburg

Pennsylvania's Nanotech Players Pursuing Giga-Scale Impact

Rebecca VanderMeulen Thursday, April 12, 2012

Across PA, advances in nanotechnology are developing devices that depend on particles many times smaller than the thickness of a human hair.

Advanced Manufacturing and Materials, Design, Energy, Entrepreneurship, High Technology, Higher Education, Life Sciences, Sustainability

Bethlehem, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, State College

KE-TV: Coolest Dad Ever Reinvents Legos Via 3D Printing

Keystone Edge staff Thursday, April 12, 2012

Carnegie Mellon professor, artist and hacker Golan Levin teamed with a former student to create the Free Universal Construction Kit.

Design, Entertainment Technology, High Technology, Higher Education

Pittsburgh

Is Philly's 5K Run for Clean Air the Greenest Race in America?

Joe Petrucci Thursday, April 12, 2012

With a CO2-neutral truck providing all power via solar, medals made from recycled materials and runner bibs made of seed paper, the 31st annual race fits the bill.

Sustainability

Philadelphia

A European's View of Pittsburgh

Christina Kapaun Thursday, April 12, 2012

As a New Yorker architecture critic once said, if Pittsburgh were in the heart of Europe, people would travel hundreds of miles out of their way to see it. This German blogger agrees.

Design, Sustainability

Pittsburgh

Lehigh Valley Hacked: Tech Group's Inaugural Event Unifies

Natalia De Jesus Martinez-Colon Thursday, April 05, 2012

Purpose collided with creativity at Ben Franklin Tech Ventures during a three-day event that featured entrepreneurs, designers, developers, and college students.

Design, Entertainment Technology, Entrepreneurship, High Technology, Higher Education

Bethlehem, Allentown

TechBest: Pennsylvania's Big Night for Technology Gets Bigger

Joe Petrucci Thursday, April 05, 2012

Tangent Energy Solutions and Sierra w/o Wire were among the big winners at the TechQuest's annual event, which featured more awards this year.

Business Services, Design, Energy, Entertainment Technology, Entrepreneurship, High Technology, Higher Education, Intellectual Property, Robotics, Social Media

Harrisburg

Pitching the School District as Real Estate Developer

Alaina Mabaso Thursday, April 05, 2012

Five teams competed for $10k and a shot at nationals at the Public Policy Challenge, and the prize went to the innovative "Closing Schools, Opening Opportunities" plan.

Design, Entertainment Technology, Entrepreneurship, High Technology, Higher Education, Social Media, Sustainability

Philadelphia

New Life for Old Buildings: Adaptive Reuse in Pittsburgh

Elaine Labalme Thursday, April 05, 2012

The re-purposing of older properties is cheaper than new development, with easier financing, and usually results in superior projects, from theaters to schools to hospitals.

Construction, Design, Sustainability

Pittsburgh

Problem-Solving 101: PA's New MBA Path to Entrepreneurship

Alaina Mabaso Thursday, March 29, 2012

More MBAs are starting businesses, and there are plenty in PA who enter their studies not with a ready-made idea, but on the hunt for a fix.

Business Services, Design, Entrepreneurship, Higher Education, Intellectual Property

Pittsburgh, Erie, Philadelphia