Friday Tech Links: Philly parking application, PECO pushes for smart grid and More

In which we link out to the tech news from Philly and elsewhere (when it matters) that slips through the cracks and make it way fun. See others here.
We all heard rumors and stories and suggestions of it before.
But, yes, as seen on Innovation Philadelphia, a Drexel University business student led a team that developed a system in which the Philadelphia Parking Authority could locate parking violations using WiFi, using the same system that drivers could utilize to find parking with GPS and smart phones.
This is something we could absolutely get behind, considering we talked up something similar as a suggested iPhone application we’d like to see. That’s even if it would make it more likely to get a $36 parking violation for leaving a Chrysler LeBaron on Lombard Street in the Graduate Hospital area 10 minutes too long. Just sayin’.
After the jump, check out five other tech stories you need to read, including our best ready story and not including a video from the biggest geeks in town.

• The Business Journal reports that PECO is going to spend $650 million on a smart grid.
• The Business Journal also reports that state stimulus funds tracking Web sites were graded and those from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware all failed.
• One more for a good week from the Business Journal, which reported that the Edison Venture Fund put $5.75 million more into the Neat Co., which makes hardware and software to handle receipts and other office documents.
• The New Urban News reports on the innovative light display put on by the Avenue of the Arts. Hat tip to Keystone Edge.
• Because Eric Smith of Geekadelphia and uwishunu fame just loves to get his face plastered on Technically Philly, he had to go ahead and submit a video to Mashable’s Geek Week. Yes, they misspelled Grover.

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• Our Most Trafficked Story of the Week: CoTweet: San Francisco scene has “distinct” advantage over Philadelphia

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