Tech

Penn researchers find social media usage increases feelings of depression, loneliness

This study, which examined social media usage of 143 Penn undergraduate students, was the first to find conclusive evidence suggesting a causal relationship between social media usage and well-being. 

This Wharton MBA student wants to make business 'fun and digestible' through a daily podcast

With a five-star rating, MarketSnacks Daily was named Apple's Podcast of the Week in August. The idea started in 2012, when it began offering an emailed newsletter with a similar goal to the podcast.

Senior William Fry wins President's Innovation Prize to make coding easier and cheaper

"I kind of came to the conclusion that almost everything I was doing had already been done in some form or another," he said. "So it was very redundant on my end. I wasn’t building anything new."

Meet the director of a Penn Med center working to marry health care and social media

Yelp and Twitter may not be the most obvious places to gather information regarding health care and hospital management, but Penn Medicine’s new Center for Digital Health will do just that. The center, which emerged out of Penn Medicine’s Social Media Laboratory, will advance the work already started by its new director, Raina Merchant, who is also the associate vice president of Penn’s Health System.

At PennVention's final round Wednesday, self-composing toilets and herb distribution kiosks went head-to-head

The grand prize winner, Pinch, developed an automated kiosk that dispenses various spices, herbs and seasonings in grocery stores.

This Engineering senior's company was just accepted into a startup accelerator for health care innovation

Brianna Wronko started Group K to work further on an innovative diagnostic tool she created as her bioengineering senior design project.

Penn professor and drone expert wins prestigious international studies award

Horowitz has contributed to scholarly journals as well as media outlets like The New York Times and Politico.

Drones must be within a weight limit and can only be flown at certain times on campus, according to new University guidelines

Penn created these guidelines to "ensure the safety and protect the privacy of all members of the University community and promote compliance with all applicable federal and state laws."

These students just sold the company they conceived at PennApps

College is one of the best places to startup,” CEO and Engineering and Wharton junior Rajat Bhageria said. “There’s no risk, there’s no opportunity cost ... there’s just a lot of resources.”

Student-organized Science Olympiad draws over 600 high schoolers to campus

In addition to hosting the tournament, the organization's members work with Science Olympiad teams at local schools. They tutor students every week as the teams prepare for upcoming tournaments. 

This tech startup is helping immigrants apply for green cards

Navigating the immigration process can be difficult for those unfamiliar with the American legal system. To help immigrants in this situation, 2013 Penn Law graduate Jeremy Peskin and immigration attorney James Pittman created Borderwise.

These four tech startups received crucial capital from a student-run fund

College senior and Fund co-chair Jason Shein facilitated a recent “relaunch” of the Weiss Tech House Innovation Fund to institutionalize the non-financial resources it now provides to the companies receiving their grants.

Weiss Tech House relaunches fund to develop student startups

“Last semester, we decided to look back at all of the companies we’ve funded in the last five years and gather insights into what we could do better,” College senior and Innovation Fund Co-Chair Jason Shein said.

Penn partners with Coursera to offer courses to governments and non-profits

The online education company Coursera has once again partnered up with Penn to launch a program specifically designed for governments and nonprofits in an effort to close increasing skills gap in the workforce.

Penn researchers received a grant to study self-driving cars

Ryerson looks at the implications of increased automation on the way people take long distance trips. Instead of taking flights, people are likely to choose the more efficient, inexpensive route, especially when the driverless format is still conducive to a more relaxing trip, and the driver has the option of texting or napping.

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.