Twenty Hours On Social Media a Day? Really?
Harrisburg University's social media blackout experiment revealed 40 percent of students surveyed use social media between 11-20 hours per day, and that 'addiction' to social media is possible.
King of Prussia's UgMo Technologies introduces wireless soil sensor for small irrigation systems
UgMo Technologies has created ProHome, a wireless soil sensor that detects when soil has been adequately saturated and automatically shuts the water off, saving customers an average of 53 percent on water bills.
Successful video-software entrepreneur unleashes a simplified personal computing platform
Telikin combines today's most popular features--email, internet access, games, photo sharing, social media--and combines them into a more intuitive, touch-screen design.
Wanted: Social Media Director, tweeting and stumbling required
Pittsburgh companies are jumping on the social media bandwagon and, in some cases, hiring communication professionals to channel the chatter.
Pittsburgh's Cloud Fab introduces home-based manufacturing
Thanks to the open source Internet, sophisticated design and manufacturing isn't just for big industry anymore.
SPECTACLE: GoggleWorks Gives Gift of First Friday to Reading
One of the institutions responsible for transforming downtown Reading helped usher in a new era of First Friday fun, complete with a poetry slam and its sixth annual art exhibition.
Bethlehem 11 year-old develops game-changing iPad dock
Dino Zaharakis took a challenge from his dad and created a patented-pending product that is made in PA.
Overcoming the University-Industry Gap in Smalltown, PA
Translational research is the focus of a grant that is helping more than a dozen small- to mid-sized colleges in Central PA move innovation from the lab to the marketplace.
Excellent Exit: Eli Lilly's Acquisition of Avid a Study in Smart, Early Investment
BioAdvance, the Southeastern PA funder of promising life sciences startups, played an integral role in steering Avid Radiopharmaceuticals and its molecular brain imaging technology toward the big time.
Penn State in national program to install wind turbines at PA schools
The Penn State Wind Application Center is one participant in the Wind for Schools Project. Through the program, elementary, middle and high schools can have a small wind turbine installed on school grounds.