NorthStar Solutions Group, an IT consulting firm near Reading, provides services like building databases, redesigning websites and strengthening the security of computer systems. It's been ranked as one of the fastest-growing companies in America.
Penn State scientists are developing a virtual wind turbine that would replicate how a real wind turbine would function. The simulator could be used to build better functioning wind turbines.
Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, using super high resolution microscopes, now have far more understanding of the way the immune system works.
Video games could be the state's next big industry if techies, academics and politicians in the Capital Region can stay on the same screen.
There's another blackout at Harrisburg University. Beginning yesterday at 8 a.m., the young science and technology institution blocked access over its network to several popular social media sites.
Known around the Capital Region as Jersey Mike, this Garden State transplant has set up roots in Harrisburg as a rapidly growing concert promoter, rabble-rouser and soon-to-be bagel-maker.
Right before Labor Day the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission released a free mobile application called TRIP Talk, which uses a mobile device's GPS signal to announce obstacles coming up on the road, from congestion to construction to car accidents.
Telepole Manufacturing specializes in telescoping flagpoles, which have sections that slide up until the pole is the correct height. Its sales are up dramatically after releasing a sturdier product.
Synapse Marketing Solutions offers a range of services like printing, website design and applications for mobile devices. Inc. magazine recently ranked the Lancaster company No. 396 on its list of the 500 fastest growing businesses in America.