Philly Scavenger Hunt? There's an app for that!
A Philadelphia entrepreneur group created a new application to help visitors and locals explore Philadelphia on a smartphone.
Carnegie Mellon spin-out receives financing to create social media smart tags
A recently financed Carnegie Mellon spin-out company has created easy-to-use social media tools that they hope to market to web-based businesses.
After success overseas, Wayne company's MRSA infection detector goes to clinical trials in the U.S.
A Philadelphia-area company has created a detection system to prevent the spread of MRSA in hospitals, and secured $1.4 million in financing to expand their product line.
No Funny Money: Local Currency Sustains Local Economies
Community organizer Paul Glover has brought the idea of local currency to Eastern PA, where multiple communities are cashing in and improving the health of local business districts as well as underserved residents.
HACC partners with electric cooperatives on training program
This month, Harrisburg Area Community College begins a program that will help students training to work for rural electric co-ops achieve associates degrees.
World-renowned ANTON Supercomputer coming to Pittsburgh
Mapping the movements of proteins is involved in every major type of pharmaceutical so the ANTON supercomputer, which is the best protein mapper in the world, has a long waiting list of interested researchers when it arrives in Pittsburgh.
American Aerospace completes successful launch of airborne communication hub for firefighters
Bridgeport's American Aerospace have built and successfully tested a flying communication hub for firefighters who have trouble using communication equipment while battling forest blazes.
Q and A: Alexandra Wenger, DressDibs
"OMG, she's wearing my dress!" This recent Cedar Cliff High School graduate knows the feeling, and she built a website that allows high school girls to get first dibs on their formalwear and avoid dress duplication on their big nights.
Recycled Skateboards Jump From Passion to Profits for Hanover Entrepreneur
Wrecked skateboards are making the jump from trash to treasure. Artisan Rich Moorhead's Art of Board is set for expansion to meet a growing demand for his wildly popular skateboard art.
Marcellus Shale brings 40 new transportation jobs to Green Tree rail yard
A former rail hub in Green Tree is now the site of a sand trucking center, which employs 40 people delivering materials to Marcellus Shale wells.