Ideas We Should Steal

Parking Battle Bots

Robot lawyers are overturning thousands of parking tickets in New York City. When will they invade Philly?

By Stephen St. Vincent

On Second Thought…

A former taxi industry consultant ponders whether Uber might, in the long run, lead to better working conditions for drivers

By Jeff Hornstein
Innovation and Local Government

Power to the People

Millennial mayor Alex Torpey on recruiting citizens to reinvent government.

By Larry Platt

Internet All Your Things

The city wants your ideas for how to smarten up Philly through its proposed Internet of Things

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Meet the Disruptors

StreetChange

A local psychiatrist’s app helps users help the homeless—and provides certainty about where their money goes

By Josh Middleton
Meet the Disruptor

Skyless Games

People spend three billion hours online gaming. A local company asks: Why not repurpose those hours for the greater good?

By Rana Fayez
The Citizen Updates

REC Philly

The music producers have launched a membership program to help Philly musicians thrive—and keep them in town

By Kyle Mountain
Meet the Disruptors

‘Techno Rebels’ Jarvus Innovations

They’ve spent $600,000 on social impact ventures—and they’re growing. Ultimately, they want to build a spaceship ... while making the world better

By Larry Platt
Meet the Disruptor

‘SheCanic’ Patrice Banks

The former “auto airhead” learned to fix her own car. Now she teaches other women, and is set to open a woman-friendly repair shop

By Emma Copley Eisenberg

Gaming for Good

A local family’s Facebook game has encouraged more than 4 million people to do 40 million good deeds, both real and virtual

By Emma Copley Eisenberg