The internodal connector architecture system, called INCA for short, includes elements such as nodes, springs and wires. Teams across the country are challenged to design innovations with the system and present them in Harrisburg.
Labs at the Penn State College of Medicine teeming with cutting-edge research, and now the doctors behind these breakthroughs will have more resources dedicated to turning them into companies.
A Lehigh University student's frustrations while working on group projects led to a website called GoodSemester, where students and faculty can share notes, assignments and grades. It opened to the public this month.
South Side-based Akustica is rolling out its first multi-chip MEMS high performance microphone, bringing richer voice quality and an increased frequency range to the mobile masses.
Between 1959 and 1979, the Pittsburgh neighborhood went from 579 businesses to 98. Now they've got national retailers, small local merchants, coworking and even Google.
The Penn-organized weekend hackathon brought together students, developers and NGOs to identify and solve real-world problems, many through text-based tech.
Just blocks from Billy Penn's hat, Center City based Stroll, the sole licensee for online sales of The Pimsleur Approach language program, is growing at a phenomenal clip.