Their big vision is to make energy "more accessible and affordable for the global population."

When Jim Querry left the City of Philadelphia after nearly 20 years of leading its mapping technology efforts, Chief Innovation Officer Adel Ebeid decided to rethink the city's GIS (geographic information systems) strategy.

The funds are the beginning of a two-year school "adoption," during which Center City law firm White & Williams will work with Chester A. Arthur to find other ways to support the school.

This is the Cybersecurity Roundup. Every Thursday morning, Technical.ly Baltimore will put together the smaller pieces of the Baltimore area's cybersecurity industry.

Flocabulary and the DUMBO BID give local kids a week long deep dive in innovation.

The Emerging Technology Centers can claim $174 million in direct economic impact, according to a city-commissioned report.

A Bushwick founded company spends four years in Manhattan before coming back and finding a great spirit of collaboration in Dumbo.

Is tech's neighborhood expanding? Makerbot, Kickstarter and, now, Livestream are three of the biggest companies here, and they all have prominent facilities located a long way outside of Dumbo and Downtown.

IC-Philadelphia has invested $3 million in 10 companies since its launch, including sustainable laundry service Wash Cycle Laundry, sponsored advertising startup ElectNext (now Versa) and women's financial literacy site DailyWorth.

The federal competition, named US2020, was a response to President Obama's challenge for cities to get more students interested in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).