Category: Technology
Social media reshapes the courts
By Marina Weis Point Park News Service Eleven minutes before the Boston marathon explosions, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, can be seen from security camera footage carrying large backpacks. Footage from another security camera as well as photographs show them walking toward the finish line, according to a criminal complaint. Within three days, [...]
Green & Gold: Pens strike it rich in energy efficiency
By Alexandra Perry The Pioneer Before the Pittsburgh Penguins had a serious discussion about turning the all-new CONSOL Energy Center green, most of their intentions were built around cost consciousness, not sustainability. That all changed when the $321 million project’s managers, including LEED certified partners Chris Cieslak and Michael Bernard, deliberately showed Pens officials that [...]
Meme definition debated
By Marina Weis Point Park News Service What do a famous pop culture painting of a Campbell soup can by Andy Warhol and an online image of Hillary Clinton texting with the words “running the world” have in common? They both follow the trend of recontextualization, extracting an original idea or image and changing its [...]
CMU grads build computer education company
By Lisa Tomblin The Pioneer While a child used to stack blocks to learn shapes, new inventions adds digital elements to allow them to watch work on an iPad. Instead of Lego’s and robotics toys, DREAM-TABLETOP says its new computer program can enable kids to build things. In short, this group of Carnegie Mellon University [...]
Profile: Digital Dream Labs LLC
By Lisa Tomblin Point Park News Service While a child used to stack blocks to learn shapes, new inventions adds digital elements to allow them to watch work on an iPad. Instead of Lego’s and robotics toys, DREAM-TABLETOP says its new computer program can enable kids to build things. In short, this group of Carnegie [...]
HackPittsburgh takes ‘Do-it-yourself’ to next level
By Ashley Ropar Point Park News Service Strewn about in a back street warehouse in the Hill District are objects including a Power Wheels Car that has been supped up to reach speeds of 30mph. In the corner sits balled up fabric remains of a high altitude balloon launch. Crowding around tables is a random [...]
Electric vehicles charge into local garages
By Kimberly Smith Point Park News Service With gas prices nearing $4 per gallon, creating an alternative method of transportation is becoming more and more of a necessity for some people, and electric vehicles – otherwise known as EVs – are slowly rising to meet those needs. The CreateLab at Carnegie Mellon University has spent [...]
Website aims to teach a language, translate the World Wide Web
By Lindsay Dill Point Park News Service Daniela Gerz loves learning languages, but struggled to find a fun, easy learning program until she found DuoLingo. Before finding DuoLingo, Gerald Ganson had trouble refreshing Spanish vocabulary he learned years ago. Stefanie Herta values her German heritage and loves the language’s accent, now she strives to learn [...]
Libations: There’s an app for that – New smart phone app to shorten waiting time in crowded bars
By Lindsay Dill Point Park News Service Gessica Morelli goes to bars about four times a week to de-stress, and said large crowds between she and her drink often adds more stress to the week. For Jon Wiebel and his fraternity brothers, bar wait times are a key factor in their location choice. Image courtesy [...]
Pittsburgh Parking Authority to upgrade meters
By Lindsay Dill Point Park News Service In her daily ritual, Sherri Williams stops at the bank, picks up a roll of quarters, drives around the downtown streets until she finds a parking spot and then loads her quarters into a meter. “I go through so many quarters – $13 a day,” said Williams, who [...]
