Did you know that an estimated 25 million Americans are living gluten-free? A gluten-free diet excludes foods containing gluten, a protein complex found in grains such as wheat, barley and rye. While millions of people suffer from celiac disease, non-celiac gluten intolerance or wheat allergies, many others have adopted a gluten-free way of life for … Continue reading »
The George Foster Peabody Awards have been considered a standard of electronic media excellence for the last 72 years. On May 20, writers, reporters, editors, producers, directors and all manner of media magnates will gather at the Waldorf Astoria to honor the best programming from 2012. Westphal College Dean Allen Sabinson, a member of the … Continue reading »
Drexel became one of the first schools in the country to launch its own student-run record label tied to a degree program when MAD Dragon Records was born in 2003. The fledgling company entered the music industry waters at the brink of one its most tumultuous eras in history. Ten years later, the label is … Continue reading »
Four humanoid robots stole the spotlight on YouTube last year with their take on the Beatles’ “Come Together.” Now the Drexel engineers responsible are giving a behind-the-scenes look at how the music video…well, came together. In anticipation of the upcoming Music Hack Day Philadelphia , Drexel’s ExCITe Center has released a re-mastered version of the Hubos’ … Continue reading »
As Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of “The Great Gatsby” hits theaters today, we’ll finally get to witness for ourselves the kaleidoscopic display of pearls, feathers and sequins that has been splashed across TV screens and magazines for months. The film, based on the great American novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, takes place in 1922 – during … Continue reading »
If the stars in the sky could play music, what would it sound like? One Drexel engineer used a bit of star data and a special piano to turn the twinkling of the stars into their very own celestial lullaby. A two-day NASA-sponsored hackathon event hosted by Drexel’s ExCITe Center as part of Philly Tech … Continue reading »
What happens when you mix four jazz virtuosos with new technology aimed at breaking their sweet sound down to its elements? Creating a smartphone app that strives to pictorially “explain” the intricacies of a musical genre characterized by its improvisations might seem like the antithesis of “jazz.” But on April 23, one intrepid quartet is … Continue reading »
Playing an 8-bit video game on an 85,360-square-foot monitor in front of an entire city – perhaps the dream of anyone who grew up during the golden age of the arcade in the 1970s and ’80s – is becoming reality with help from a professor in Drexel’s College of Engineering. The game: Pong. The screen: … Continue reading »
“It’s like they just forget about us when we get old.” This isn’t a statement you would expect to hear from a 12-year-old boy, and yet, for hundreds of youth in the Mantua section of West Philadelphia, this is exactly how they feel. In fact, many young people in Mantua report feeling abandoned after elementary … Continue reading »
The final word on the year’s best movies is annually handed down by the Academy of Motion Pictures in the form of little, gold “Oscar” statuettes. And while the stars are still the most recognizable part of these films, nearly everything else that appears on the “silver screen” today has been touched –and retouched- by a talented group … Continue reading »
