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Tech

01/30/17 9:19pm
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.
01/24/17 7:56pm
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.
01/23/17 6:33pm
Necter, a social networking app created by 2015 Wharton graduate, has created a way to make friends entirely online.
01/11/17 7:40pm
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.
12/13/16 12:54am
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.
12/09/16 8:49pm
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
12/06/16 11:43pm
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.
12/04/16 9:48pm
The winning idea was a toothbrush that requires neither toothpaste nor water.
11/28/16 12:04am
This incredible invention is "Piccolissimo," the world’s smallest self-powered controllable robot, its creator claims. 
11/22/16 12:41am
The traditional brass key lock on the door of your on-campus room is about to get a major upgrade. 
11/16/16 1:23am
Gui and his startup team have now developed glasses that serve as activity trackers, wireless headphones and Bluetooth mics for phone calls.
11/14/16 1:58am
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.
11/11/16 12:41pm
The program alters DNA sequences in tobacco and lettuce plants to produce plant-based medicines.
11/02/16 11:56pm
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.
11/01/16 4:00pm
A Penn Engineering student just made the smallest self-powered flying robot, according to The Inquirer.
10/29/16 5:41pm
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.
10/29/16 5:41pm
A Wharton competition is linking students — even at the high school level — directly with the World Bank.
10/18/16 1:49am
SAY is a cross-cultural and cross-generational online Korean language service program that connects the Korean elderly with Korean language learners.
10/11/16 11:42pm
Penn was just awarded a $24 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a Science and Technology Center.
10/11/16 2:13am
This is the the most comprehensive form of cyber protection Penn has ever implemented.