Engineering
In the Biden Administration's proposal to invest in the country's infrastructure, $100 billion is carved out to address gaps in broadband access. According to the Federal Communications Commission, at least 19 million Americans ...
Jun 21, 2021
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Internet
The term "metaverse" has entered pop culture lexicon in recent years, largely due to Facebook, but the idea itself isn't new. Since the late 1970s and early 1980s, many of those in the technology community have imagined a ...
Mar 9, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Based in the Pennovation Center, Cocoa Press is the fledgling 3D printing operation of Evan Weinstein, a May 2019 graduate and a graduate student in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. As a high school student ...
Jan 3, 2020
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Engineering
Exploring the frontiers of textile design, Randall Kamien of the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania and long-time collaborator Geneviève Dion, a professor of design at Drexel University, are investigating ...
Jan 24, 2024
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Business
The global semiconductor industry has been rocked by trade restrictions that threaten to upend longstanding supply chains and exacerbate geopolitical tensions between the United States and China.
Apr 20, 2023
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Business
On Aug. 9, President Joe Biden signed into law the CHIPS and Science Act, which invests $52 billion in domestic semiconductor manufacturing through tax credits, as well as supports STEM research and education initiatives ...
Sep 2, 2022
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Automotive
A new study published in Accident Analysis & Prevention shows how biometric data can be used to find potentially challenging and dangerous areas of urban infrastructure before a crash occurs. Lead author Megan Ryerson led ...
Jul 19, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Consumers, automakers, and the government will have to work together to pull off President Joe Biden's ambitious plan to shift the country away from gas-powered vehicles and cut carbon emissions, Wharton management professor ...
Sep 2, 2021
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Business
When FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried testified before a U.S. Senate committee in February—months before his cryptocurrency exchange collapsed under the weight of his own financial misdeeds—Wharton legal studies and business ...
Dec 2, 2022
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Engineering
The field of photonics involves the study of new ways to generate and harness light, akin to how many of the devices used in everyday life run on electric current. While photonic devices have the potential to transform the ...
Apr 28, 2021
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