PennApps, a student computer science group at the University of Pennsylvania in its third year of existence, has become known for its bi-annual hackathons, competition where students from Penn and other local universities have 48 [continue reading…]
Almost everyone likes robots, Without raising the alarm of an artificial-intelligence-fueled takeover of the planet or Philadelphia, robots are everywhere. The Transformers franchise, which has grossed over $1.5 billion to date, released its third installment [continue reading…]
Marc Brodzik of Fishtown has launched a local video production company that started its own Internet channel, Scrapple TV, that he wants to become a national hit. “I call it unprocessed television,” Brodzik said of [continue reading…]
San Francisco. Austin. Seattle. These are the types of cities that are generally associated with game development in the United States. Unfortunately, Philadelphia isn’t widely considered part of this elite group, but local game developers [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/20189618] In a small corner of the University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School of Electrical Engineering, marked by a small paper sign, sits Philadelphia’s portion of the remains of the Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer (ENIAC) [continue reading…]
On a Monday afternoon in Center City, seven coders filed into a conference room to chat with Technically Philly’s Chris Wink about Code for America. Code for America is similar to Teach For America in [continue reading…]
In a large, open, light and airy concourse in the Corzo Center on South Broad, over fifty people stared into computer screens and nodded silently to their team members seated around small tables. It is [continue reading…]
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