Technology
Q&A: NeuroFlow and Genomind Team Up to Advance Mental Health Care
Genomind, a King of Prussia-based mental health company, and NeuroFlow, a Philadelphia-based health care analytics and technology company, recently announced an agreement to partner their […]
Ben Franklin Tech Partners Wins Grant to Boost Philly Life Sciences
Ben Franklin Technology Partners (BFTP), the region’s largest tech investor, just won a $633,555 grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) […]
NextUp: The Company Using Tech to Improve Outcomes for Mental Health Patients
“NextUp” is a weekly NextHealth PHL feature that highlights the local leaders, organizations, and research shaping the Greater Philadelphia region’s life sciences ecosystem. Email qmuse@phillymag.com […]
NextUp: The Cybersecurity Firm Making Medical Devices Hack-Proof
“NextUp” is a weekly NextHealth PHL feature that highlights the local leaders, organizations and research shaping the Greater Philadelphia region’s life sciences ecosystem. Email qmuse@phillymag.com […]
It’s Time to Call Bullshit on Innovation
What he remembers most, he says, is the afterglow. Last winter, Drexel professor Brent Luvaas introduced a new course at the university called “Digital Detox.” […]
21 Places to Escape the Tyranny of Modern Technology in Philly
From typewriter stores to connection-free coffee shops, here’s your guide to 21 Philly places where you can live like it’s 1979. BARS WITHOUT TV Fergie’s […]
It’s Official: Dead Musicians Are Now Touring as Holograms
I’ve been hearing rumors of hologram concert tours coming to the United States for six years now, ever since the Tupac Shakur hologram made its […]
The Typewriter Makes a Comeback in Philly
What did your nine-year-old daughter want for Christmas last year? An American Girl doll? Makeup? An iPhone 7? Mine wanted one thing: a typewriter.
Penn Med Students Create App to Address LGBTQ Health Disparities
Three University of Pennsylvania medical students have created an app that they hope will put an end to LGBTQ healthcare disparities. SpectrumScores, being developed by […]
Dear Fitness Studios: You’re Doing Too Much
For some folks, the 60 or so minutes spent in a workout is the sole hour of the day that is completely theirs — free of technology […]
Designers of Popular GIF Keyboard App Think Philly Is a Sad City
People say it’s always sunny in Philadelphia, but the company behind the popular cellphone app “GIF Keyboard” doesn’t think we’re a very cheery bunch. A […]
Nordstrom Rack’s Roving Cashiers Are Exactly What We Want
C’mon, admit it: You hate people like I do, right? OK, maybe not hate hate — but the fewer of them around, the better. Well, here’s […]
One City in Pennsylvania is Poised to Crush the 21st Century …
I came to Pittsburgh to see the future. On a blustery late-winter morning with a light whorl of snowflakes falling near the banks of the […]
Talk Acme to Me: How Alexa and Siri Learn to Understand the Philly Accent
After a couple of weeks of our casually getting to know each other, my Amazon Echo is really starting to understand me. She just learned […]
How to Make the DNC Innovative? Get Curalate On Board
This year’s DNC in Philadelphia will be the most innovative Democratic national convention to date, the host committee says, and that’s thanks in part to […]