While the market on waffle houses might already be cornered, how many of those restaurants also offer patrons the chance to be on a talk show? Jon Rubin takes public space to a more intimate place.
Mamma Mia! Pittsburgh Moms Circle Their Web Wagons Locally created and administered blogs and online meetups are helping mothers throughout Western PA become better prepared for parenthood, and they're having a blast along the way.
A 'smart' house that responds to commands issued from your cell phone. A robot that knows you still have water left in the bottle you're about to discard. This isn't the future--this is Open House time at Intel, where imagination meets ingenuity.
It's 72 hours of the world's most cutting-edge audio, video, and game design, all happening right in Pittsburgh. It's the VIA music and new media festival, featuring local artists and designers as well as those from around the globe.
The intertwining of arts and technology is getting a boost in Pittsburgh, where the long-running Gateway to the Arts program has partnered with the Technology Council to bring high-tech artists in front of young people throughout the region.
She has been an engineer in most every capacity in a half-dozen industries for 30 years, and she's helping two companies mprove coal's future as a viable clean energy source. She also plays a mean hammered dulcimer.
This isn't a citizen's arrest. Rather, multiple technology firms are working at bringing emergency responders, school and other institutions up to speed with the latest and most effective security and monitoring gadgetry.
History, his own family's and that which lives in books, drives his work ethic, and it may not be long before the rest of the world drinks in the New Castle native's system that purifies water with concentrated solar power.
The brothers who founded Wild Purveyors are about more than local food. They seek, find and educate landowners and foodies alike about the foods they venture out to find in PA's forests, farms and streams.
Sometimes even the brightest minds need a push in the right direction, and this rising computer graphics star is making real-time simulations, science and technology commercialization more accessible for everyone.