Emerging Technology : Featured Stories

Shots of wine at a video game release party paved the way for the co-founders of this Old City interactive shop to fulfill their childhood dreams. They've also grown into one of the region's most promising entertainment tech startups.

What do you get when you throw a few hundred techies and creatives together in Center City and let them decide what their day-long conference will cover? Photographer Jeff Fusco captured some of BarCamp Philly's user-generated brilliance at University of the Arts.

Organizing two landmark events that engage and nurture innovation in the tech and creative communities, she might be the busiest woman in Philly this month. Barcamp Philly and TEDx Philly happen just six days apart next week, and they definitely won't be lame.

The five year-old Philadelphia company founded by Dr. Daniel Skovronsky and focused on novel molecular imaging able to detect the early stages of Alzheimer's gets a giant boost.

If you thought the annual forum for memoir and documentary art couldn't get any more awesome, you'd be mistaken. More theatrical performances, including multiple premieres, and a tribute to a Philly legend make the ninth edition a can't miss celebration.

Jay Baker, an alum and the former president of Kohl's department stores, and his wife Patty build off the existing Baker Retailing Center at Wharton to stimulate growth, innovation and education in the sector here and abroad.

Co-working isn't for everyone, but for those among Philadelphia's legion of free-flyers, there is no place they'd rather be. We spent the day with them to find out why Independents Hall has become a hub for tech and creative entrepreneurs.

We live in one of the most important bioscience clusters in the world. This year's edition of Biotech 2010 will put it all on display  Wednesday and Thursday at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

With its newest product, a migraine headache patch that cures pain and reduces side effects, Conshohocken's NuPathe Pharmaceuticals and its serial entrepreneur co-founder Jane Hollingsworth have hit the big time.

While Roy Halladay was responsible for seventh heaven on one end of Broad Street, Switch Philadelphia provided seven minutes in techie heaven for some of the region's most promising startups on the other. The pitches there were almost as amazing.

University City is already a hub of sustainability. Off the Grid, a sustainability program created by the neighborhood's community development organization, is poised to bring together all of University City's assets in even more meaningful ways.