Penn State University is creating more opportunities for scientists to interact in its newest building. About 300 researchers from the university's Materials Research Institute and Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences will move in this fall.
Disney Research, Pittsburgh (DRP) is developing two new entertainment technologies that are generating a buzz this week at SIGGRAPH 2011, the International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Vancouver.
Paradise Energy Solutions wants you to think of solar power as a viable, affordable source of electricity for your home. And it will be especially affordable if you're the lucky winner of the solar energy system Paradise is giving away this month.
Each year more than 100,000 people flock to the Crawford County Fair for rides, concerts, livestock showcases and demolition derbies. And this year the fair, scheduled for later this month, will be a giant wi-fi hotspot.
From tweeting about rogue dinners--10 chefs, 20 courses, anyone?--to beets on rock salt, Southwest PA chefs are active in this form of social media with good reason.
In the business world, workers expect to be recognized for hard work. One manufacturer based in the Philadelphia suburb of Paoli has extended that idea to thousands of students by rewarding them for developing a love of reading.
Experience is nothing more than a four-syllable world for these innovative self-starters who are ready to make their mark online. Listen as they sound off about their online ventures.
OxiCool, Inc., which has received $400,000 in investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, including $250,000 announced last month, recently filed for a patent on its environmentally friendly air-cooling technology.