Handmade in PA Pulls Artisans Together Online
Hundreds of Pennsylvania artisans add social networking and online savvy to the handmade mix.
Trading Touch for Sight: UPMC Researchers Working to Offer Eyesight to the Blind
BrainPort, a new device being studied at UPMC's Fox Center for Vision Restoration, could offer a form of eyesight to the blind using sensory substitution to restore sight.
The Neo-Agrarians: Small-scale Farming, Large-scale Economic Impact
As urban agriculture catches on, groups like SPIN-Farming look to recast farming as a small business for entrepreneurs in cities and suburbs.
The Efficiency Doctors: How a Pittsburgh Nonprofit is Helping Local Manufacturers Stay Alive
From improving the shop floor to better marketing, Pittsburgh-area small- and mid-size manufacturers call on Catalyst Connection--and stay profitable.
From Blight to Bounty: East Liberty's Enright Garden
How a community garden project in Pittsburgh's East Liberty neighborhood has brought together nonprofit groups, a local private school and a nearby Whole Foods
Out of the Classroom, into the Market: The Growing Business of Tech Transfer
As research universities across the Commonwealth focus more resources on innovation and industries, they're getting savvy about how to turn laboratory and classroom ideas into cutting-edge technology companies.
Q and A: Barbara VanKirk of IQ Inc.
Barbara VanKirk, founder of the Murrysville-based IT consulting firm IQ Inc., has been in the software business for more than 30 years and has seen drastic changes to the industry in that time.
Measuring Vital Signs: Pittsburgh Today Details the Region Under John Craig's Watchful Eye
Pittsburgh Today measures the qualities that make a difference to the future of the Pittsburgh region.
Stimulus Breakdown: Where the Money's Going
The American Recovery and Reinvestment act: Keystone Edge examined three large funding recipients in PA to find out who has your money and what they are doing with it.
The Science of Stormwater: Pittsburgh Experiments With Green Infrastructure
Rain gardens, porous pavement, underground cisterns and a plan for an urban forest are all part of a growing movement in Pittsburgh to revamp the city's waterways and create a sustainable infrastructure for stormwater.