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🌸ChickTech Philly is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating cool, exciting technology events for girls and women in Philadelphia. #ChickTechPhilly

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Move over YouTube. Spotify now supports video podcasts: ow.ly/Xz2w50AEE4Z

Spotify now supports video podcasts

But only select podcasts can upload video footage.

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These new helmets being used in Philadelphia hospitals can reduce the number of coronavirus patients requiring ventilators: ow.ly/XYup50AaPkL

Bell-shaped oxygen helmets look like ‘Star Trek’ but help coronavirus patients at Penn’s hospitals

The helmets can reduce the number of patients requiring ventilators, a Penn ICU doctor says.

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Khalia Braswell has been passionate about technology since the fourth grade. Now, as the founder and executive director if INTech Camp for Girls, she’s an award-winning technologist with a widespread career! essence.com/lifestyle/money-…

How This Former Engineer Left Her Dream Job To Bring Girls Of Color To Tech - Essence

Since founding INTech in 2014, Khalia Braswell and her team have given more than 1,200 girls exposure to STEM training and mentorship from other women of color within the tech and engineering...

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We are all in this together: Delaware Libraries collab uses 3D printers and laser cutters for COVID-19 protective gear. ow.ly/i6bI50zvnRo

Delaware Libraries collab uses 3D printers and laser cutters for COVID-19 protective gear

The Route 9 Library's maker lab & software startup Flynn put local 3D printers to work to make face shields for communities with the most need.

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"The tech industry has proven time and time again that there’s nowhere to go but up, and proof of this lies with the fact that some of the deserving heroes behind this growth are actually heroines." @Entrepreneur ow.ly/VCJ850yzolQ

6 Inspiring Women Changing Tech and Business This New Year

Until the industry offers all women in tech equal opportunity and representation, these six up-and-coming women can be great role models.

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Need help finding your new favorite show? Just ask Google! Google Search can now help you find your next ‘binge’. ow.ly/16Fb50w4QPN
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Apple aims to slash its greenhouse gas emissions by 75 percent and become carbon neutral by 2030: ow.ly/Hu5950AEEB1

Apple aims to become carbon neutral by 2030

It’s making products more energy efficient and asking suppliers to use renewable energy

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Feeling stressed? Download these mobile apps for relaxation, meditation and better sleep: ow.ly/QX7q50AEEHe
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We believe in supporting others, no matter what your background is, and we want to invite you to our biggest event of the year. Connect with other womxn and hear speakers with different career paths. We want you to feel inspired, connected and supported.
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A multidisciplinary team based at the University of Utah has made great strides to improve the ‘Luke Arm’ - which allows amputees to touch and feel again. It is truly amazing what Tech can do! ow.ly/sSvo50yZdSX

Improved Prosthetic Hand Has A Lighter Touch And Easy Grip

There's still much research to be done before the device is routinely useful. But one man was able to use it to gently grasp his wife's hand and feel her touch — an emotional moment, he says.

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International Women’s Day is in March, but it’s important we celebrate women year round! We can't forget the women who pave new paths to make new worlds possible, and set us all up for success in the future. These 10 women have done just that! ow.ly/UKVQ50yZdP6

10 Women in Science and Tech Who Should Be Household Names

From code breakers and proto-programmers to molecular biologists and AI leaders, their work has broken barriers and set the stage for the future.

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Have you been following these top women in tech blogs? If not, you should be! Check out @Code_LikeAGirl’s top 10 blogs for young women in tech and why you should be following each and every one of them! ow.ly/I9is50vvP8q
Clean drinking water is one of the most urgent needs in developing countries and disaster-stricken areas, but safety tests can take days. OmniVis aims to make detection of cholera and other pathogens as quick, simple, and cheap! Find out how: ow.ly/RjIL50wNdiL

OmniVis could save lives by detecting cholera-infected water in minutes rather than days | TechCr...

Clean drinking water is one of the most urgent needs in developing countries and disaster-stricken areas, but safety tests can take days — during which tainted water can infect thousands. OmniVis...

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Computerless coding? It’s real, we promise! Nonprofits are changing the way students learn to think logically, a skill required for coding. ow.ly/nAJg50vvOYN
Looking for a boat? Don’t worry, there’s a printer for that. ow.ly/1Aos50wNdrv
Moms to the rescue! MyMilk Labs plans to give nursing mothers more information with Mylee, a sensor that scans a few drops of breast milk to get information about its composition and connects to a mobile app. ow.ly/y84L50wNdqs

MyMilk Labs launches Mylee, a small sensor that analyzes breast milk at home | TechCrunch

Many expectant mothers are told that breastfeeding will come naturally, but it is often a fraught and confusing experience, especially during the first

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Has anyone seen Alexa? There are now three brand new ways to wear Alexa on your body. Amazon is ready to give you plenty of options to take Alexa with you whenever you leave the house! ow.ly/c4EC50yzpzW

Is Amazon's Alexa ready to leave home and become a wearable voice assistant? | TechCrunch

Amazon's device event today played host to a dizzying number of product announcements, of all stripes -- but notably, there are three brand new ways to

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‘What’s the Vibe?’ is the new app to help you make a decision, when Yelp and Google just aren’t cutting it: ow.ly/viil50wNdu7
Virtual Reality is now being tested on older patients to help pinpoint neurological problems. Doctors believe that VR could be a new option to identify Alzheimer’s Disease earlier than ever before! ow.ly/uiHY50vCMdh

Doctors Believe Virtual Reality Could Be New Pathway To Identifying Alzheimer's Disease

Doctors in England have found a new tool to help diagnose mental health conditions.

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Specialized STEM programs for girls are a great step in the right direction, but we need to do more. Here are 4 actionable ideas: ow.ly/emtx50y6uVT

Why We Need More Women in STEM and How AI Could Help Us Get There

Though specialized STEM programs for girls are a step in the right direction, we need to make a leap. Here are four actionable ideas.

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