Entries from April, 2008
Flashpitt 2008
Flash users of Pittsburgh rejoice, there is a new conference occuring in Pittsburgh strickly on Flash. Flashpitt 2008 is centered on educating, inspiring, and engaging the region’s New Media community.
Flashpitt invites regional designers, artists, students, and developers who work with Flash, Flex and AIR. Two tracks of sessions will run from 9am until 6pm, the […]
Carnegie Science Center to Host Nation’s Largest Robotics Exhibit
You’ve watched Waterworld, you’ve been to Disney World, now meet roboworld. This 6,000-square-foot permanent robotics exhibit will cost the Carnegie Science Center’s backers a cool $3.4 million. With over 30 hands-on exhibits, at least half of which will be broken by day three, this veritable robopalooza opens Spring 2009.
Read More >>Luke Skywalker Speaks at RMU
Luke Skywalker who is played by actor Mark Hamill will speak tomorrow (April 10th) at Robert Morris University. Hamill is representing U.S. Sen. Barack Obama for the Presidential election and will be speaking on behalf of Sen. Obama.
The disappointing note however; is this event is only opened to RMU students, faculty and staff, which ID […]
Forbes Lists Pittsburgh as Up-and-Coming Tech City
Forbes online has ranked Pittsburgh 6th of it’s list of Up-and-Coming tech cities. The first position went to Columbus, Ohio. Forbes notes CMU’s Robotic Institute, health care, and labs from Intel and Apple as main reasons for it’s ranking. Surprisingly, I would have guessed Pittsburgh would have been ranked higher and even within the top […]
Read More >>RedZone Robotics Expanding
Pop City has reported on RedZone Robotics move to Lawrenceville, with this move comes more hiring as RedZone fills it’s niche of developing robots to inspect the nations sewers. Founded by Red Whittaker in 1987, RedZone was originally located in Homestead.
The company was originally founded to develop robots to search nuclear accident sites but now […]
Street Artist Swoon Returning to Pittsburgh
New York street artist Swoon has been in Pittsburgh many time pasting her iconic posters around town. She will be returning on Tuesday the 8th, giving a lecture at Carnegie Mellon University School of Art. While in Pittsburgh, Swoon will be working in Braddock, PA on a community art project aiming to revitalize the […]
Read More >>RoboBusiness Expo 2008
Pittsburgh has a lot of robotics action going on daily, and once again will host the RoboBusiness Expo. The expo welcomes more than 500 participating companies to show the latest in robotic technology while expressing the importance of efficient robotic practices in the business world. The event allows business professionals and developers to see the […]
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