Tech
Swipe right: Penn's new social networking app
Necter, a social networking app created by 2015 Wharton graduate, has created a way to make friends entirely online.
These four Penn researchers have a $1.1 million grant to stop hackers in their tracks
The team’s research has real-world applications on a personal level and the national level. The systems they study are the same systems that protect email accounts of regular people and the classified accounts of government officials.
New video dating app allows you to 'spin the bottle' to meet people nearby
On Thursday, a video dating app called Spin the Bottle Video Chat was launched at Penn. The DP sat down with the app’s CEO and co-founder, Matthew Cohen, to discuss this revolutionary new way of dating.
How virtual reality could enter the classroom
After since Facebook bought Oculus, a virtual reality gaming start-up, for two billion dollars back in 2014, virtual reality has dominated news cycles and tech speculation
What Twitter can tell you about your stereotypes
Tweet the words "love", "OMG" and "cute", and people are more likely to think you are female. Tweet the words "ebola", "sports" and "war", and people are more likely to assume you are male.
Penn freshmen move on in Hult Prize competition
The winning idea was a toothbrush that requires neither toothpaste nor water.
Penn Engineers invent smallest self-powered robot
This incredible invention is "Piccolissimo," the world’s smallest self-powered controllable robot, its creator claims.
Here's the latest update on electronic locks in College Houses
The traditional brass key lock on the door of your on-campus room is about to get a major upgrade.
Penn alum creates 'smart' glasses
Gui and his startup team have now developed glasses that serve as activity trackers, wireless headphones and Bluetooth mics for phone calls.
High school mentoring programs guide first-generation students through college application process
The Provost’s Summer Mentor Program and Science Technology Engineering, Mathematics Mentoring Program have helped Philadelphia students navigate the college-application process, which leads some of them back to Locust Walk.
A Penn biochemistry professor created a new software program to alter DNA
The program alters DNA sequences in tobacco and lettuce plants to produce plant-based medicines.
Engineering senior wants to connect you with a mentor through a new app
iAspire is a platform that matches students looking for an advantage in their career search with students and recent graduates who already have a foot in the industry.
Penn student creates smallest self-powered flying robot
A Penn Engineering student just made the smallest self-powered flying robot, according to The Inquirer.
The Pennovation Center is officially open
Nested in the Lower Schuylkill area, the Pennovation Center is both an extension to Penn’s campus and a contribution to the larger scientific community of Philadelphia.
Ideas for Action links students to World Bank
A Wharton competition is linking students — even at the high school level — directly with the World Bank.
Alum’s startup connects Korean senior citizens with language learners
SAY is a cross-cultural and cross-generational online Korean language service program that connects the Korean elderly with Korean language learners.
Inside Penn's new $24 million virtual science center
Penn was just awarded a $24 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a Science and Technology Center.
Penn is about to implement a campus-wide firewall to protect against cyberattacks
This is the the most comprehensive form of cyber protection Penn has ever implemented.
The summer coding bootcamp on Penn's campus
Horizons School of Technology, a startup founded by Penn alumni, ran its first coding bootcamp course this summer right next to Penn’s campus.