Links: Ben Franklin butter statue makes new biofuel, Navy Yard energy project and more

DEFINITE READS

• Mike Armstrong of the Inquirer puts a critical eye to the big-scale, $129 million energy innovation hub planned for the Philadelphia Navy Yard, as led by Penn State.
• The New York Times highlights how an 800-pound Benjamin Franklin butter statue has led to the next great biodiesel fuel craze, with the help of Center City-based BlackGold Biofuels.
• Keystone Edge profiles Center City-based design firm Bresslergroup and Lititz-based Woodstream and their collaboration around improving the mousetrap. Yup.

Below, find what Philly developer was listed as 15 nationally to follow on Twitter, robots at Pennsylvania Hospital and more.

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Links: NuPathe goes public, more on Code for America

The Philadelphia Business Journal reports that biomedical startup NuPathe, whose CEO and founder Jane Hollingsworth we interviewed in September, has made its company public and plans to move on selling its migraine patch in 2012.

Urban Omnibus has a Q&A with Jennifer Pahlka, the founder of Code for America with whom we spoke in April about Philadelphia’s project.

The Philadelphia Business Journal also has a story on a legal battle between lawyer Arthur Alan Wolk and legal blog Overlawyered.com.

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Links: Kensington in Popular Mechanics, Pittsburgh makes cars fly and more

DEFINITE READS

• Popular Mechanics magazine reports on Google Sketchup being used to design the skate park at Pop’s Playground in Kensington (or Fishtown if we’re willing to accept east of Frankford and south of Lehigh avenues will ultimately become Fishtown)
• New York Times media critic David Carr gives a column to Buzz Bissinger, the Pulitzer Prize winner, celebrated author, Inquirer Currents columnist, Chestnut Hill curmudgeon and, yes, one of our 10 recommended tweeters to follow for Philadelphians.
• The Inquirer reports that the three Haddonfield, N.J. teens charged with hacking into that school district’s computer system were put on probation, during a ‘contentious’ hearing.

Below, join Brent Celek’s fantasy football league, Pittsburgh helps make cars fly and more.

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Links: Second Lower Merion student sues over webcam, Peco to display digital artists and more

DEFINITE READS

• The Philadelphia Daily News reports that a second Lower Merion student has sued the school district over the webcam controversy.
• KYW reports on a Northern Liberties cell phone-photography art collection.
• ABC News reports on a trend of more websites selling class notes to students, including former DreamIT Ventures participant Notehall.com.

MIGHT BE OF INTEREST

• Washington Post tech columnist Cecilia Kang has a Q&A with University of Pennsylvania Professor Joseph Turow about online privacy.
• Society Hill’s own Science Cheerleader Darlene Cavalier guest blogs for Discover magazine on the origination of the BP oil leak cap.

GIVE A GLANCE

• The Philadelphia Business Journal reports that University City nonprofit biomedical research center Wistar Institute is planning a major new expansion.
• The Business Journal also reports that Peco and the University City Science Center are partnering to showcase digital artists on Peco’s Center City headquarters the first Friday of every month.
• The Business Journal also reports that CoverSports USA, the Kingsessing-based manufacturer of protective covers, has expanded — but is staying in Philadelphia with its 67 employees.

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Links: Penn professors using robotics to fight Alzheimer’s, PHILO launches and More

DEFINITE READS

• The New York Times reports that two University of Pennsylvania professors are challenging Alzheimer’s disease with a new drug-discovery program and a $1.5 million robot.
• Inc. magazine lists Andrew Kortina and Iqram Magdon-Ismail of mobile payment service Venmo on their 30 under 30.

MIGHT BE OF INTEREST

• Geekadelphia reports on PHILO, a Philadelphia based startup connecting social media and TV watching.
• The Flightster blog shares something of an essay on Philadelphia still being a city of revolution, focusing on Indy Hall, Nat Mechanics and Old City.

GIVE A GLANCE

• Peter Key at the Philadelphia Business Journal reports that “RoseAnn Rosenthal, the president and CEO of Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, has been selected by U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to be a member of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.”
• On his personal blog, Duck Duck Go founder Gabe Weinberg announces the launching of his duck.co community forum.
• Geekadelphia also gives us the latest on the Walnut Street Apple Store — a sign.

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Links: Pittsburgh seeks middle tech, 8bit sequencing magic on video and more

DEFINITE READS

• The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports on that city vying for ‘middle-market’ technology firms, while some chase investment on the west coast and others fail. H/T Philly Tech News
• The Inquirer reports on the oenophile vending machine movement, in which wine kiosks are making their way from Harrisburg to Philadelphia. Philly Tech News reports that Oracle has given the Pennsylvania Liquor Control board a retail excellence award.
• The University City Review reports that the first 55,000 energy efficient LED traffic light bulbs are being installed as part of a $14.1 million stimulus grant. H/T Plan Philly

Below, finding a kidney on Facebook, Curt Schilling will take his video games and move to Rhode Island and more.

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Links: Oil-based rent, NFL cheerleader turned NASA engineer and more

DEFINITE READS

• Philly Eco City reports that Mount Airy-based electric bicycle shop Philly Electric Wheels has pegged its store rent to the percentage price increases of a barrel of oil.

MIGHT BE OF INTEREST

• Science Cheerleader has a Q&A with a former Houston Texans cheerleader turned NASA aerospace engineer.
• Science Cheerleader also gives four (sort of) science-related mobile applications she likes — from mass body index to UV calculations.
• The Inquirer’s Joe DiStefano reports that Exton-based insurance-software developer iPipeline has seen sales jump sixfold since an $18 million investment two years ago.

GIVE A GLANCE

• Holly Otterbein Isiah Thompson at the CityPaper notes that Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey has long had a blog — he just hasn’t posted anything on it.
• The Philadelphia Business Journal reports that the city’s tax amnesty program brought in $60 million, more than double what the city gave as its goal.
• The Business Journal also reports that Lockheed Martin announced the $24 million expansion of its Newtown operations in Bucks County.

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Links: Local currency movement, Amish entrepreneurs and more

DEFINITE READS

• Freelancer John Steele writes for Keystone Edge on the growing local currency movement, in which three suburban communities are encouraging the use of a town-specific form of money to develop local purchases.
• Keystone Edge also has a Q&A with Erik Wesner, the author of a new book that includes insight on vibrant entrepreneurial Amish communities.

Below, Science Cheerleader launches new project, GSI Commerce scores (or some other basketball pun) and more.

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Links: Scientist entrepreneurs, a Delaware cell phone ban and more

• Keystone Edge reports on the growing trend of regional scientists foraying into business startups, amidst the region being ranked the second densest collection of bioscience companies in the country — behind Boston.
• The Inquirer reports on another startup trying to offer residents the solar-power-by-lease option.
• The Philadelphia Business Journal reports that two Philadelphia University laboratories, one of ‘engineered human protection’ and another of biomedical textile structures, have received nearly $1.8 million in federal funds.

• The Wilmington News Journal reports that long-delayed legislation banning the use of cell phones while driving is expected to pass.
• Fox 29 reports on an entrepreneur that says video gaming helped develop his business savvy. Watch the video below.

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Links: Bentley Systems CEO talks unemployment, Daily News Pulitzer and More

The Inquirer’s Mike Armstrong reports on a speech given by Greg Bentley, the CEO of infrastructure software company Bentley Systems.

CNET reports that Philly.com is trying its hand at sports gambling for revenue generation.

The Philadelphia Business Journal reports that Drexel, Penn and Cheyney universities and Inovio Biomedical were awarded a $2.8 million Pennsylvania state grant to develop a DNA vaccine to treat hepatitis C.

After a more than 10-year dry spell, local journalists in the employ of a Philadelphia daily newspaper have won a prestigious Pulitzer Prize. See the bold Daily News ‘Tainted Justice’ series collected online.

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