Technology

In Boston, two dozen metrics combine to score how the city is doing on a daily basis. Is Philly primed to do the same?

The software engineer-turned-lawyer puts his programming skills to good use: Helping the formerly incarcerated expunge their records

Ice cream meets space in a project by Little Baby’s and The Workshop School

The former special ed teacher’s Autism Expressed, teaching digital skills to autistic students, is growing. The secret? Its founder’s “oppositional defiance”

Plus: Using water fountains to combat child obesity and taxing drivers by the mile

Plus: Pigeons wearing backpacks and support for vulnerable teens

Plus: Building better bridges and paying drivers to take the bus

A radical new approach to city purchasing finds the city asking vendors for problem-solving ideas—instead of calling for bids

Plus: Using garbage for jet fuel and teaching aquaponics to inmates

Plus: an Uber for blood donations and the best place to put a bus stop