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Photo: Pixabay (Pexels) You’ve heard the saying, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” That’s exactly the driving force that led to the creation of Sensor Networks, Inc. (SNI), a thriving example of Industry 4.0. Bruce Pellegrino, vice president of marketing, explains how the company got its start. “Dr. Jim Barshinger and I worked together at […]

Happy Valley-based De Novo DNA was founded in 2012 by Penn State University Professor Howard Salis and a team of scientists and engineers. Together, they’re reshaping how synthetic biology is carried out, maturing it into a fully-fledged engineering discipline by developing simple-to-use software capable of making the predictions necessary to improve the way organisms are […]

How Minitab® is continuing a path of innovation and investment despite 2020’s unprecedented business challenges While many companies have faced hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic, laying off employees, downsizing and reducing overall output, Happy Valley-based Minitab® has managed to do the opposite — investing in both innovation and its employees consistently and impressively over the […]

Daily innovation fueled by a unique blend of research and entrepreneurial spirit Happy Valley’s heritage of research and innovation has shaped it into an Industry 4.0 hub, and there’s no better evidence of its influence on global industry than what’s happening among businesses and incubators and in research facilities right now. Penn State research is […]

While you’re reading this, pharmaceutical companies are testing and developing over 400 different drugs and vaccines to fight infectious diseases ranging from HIV to tuberculous to COVID-19. Many of these drugs you will not hear about for another decade. During this early testing phase—years before these drugs are ready for the public or even ready […]

A Penn State professor has collaborated with researchers in China to develop an “electronic skin” sensor that mimics dynamic human motion, and their breakthrough could change the future for severely disabled people.  Huanyu “Larry” Cheng is Penn State’s Dorothy Quiggle Early Career Professor in engineering science and mechanics, and he’s been named on Forbes 30 […]