by Leopoldo Jacobsen | Nov 5, 2018
Like a precocious child, SitterCity has grown beyond its 2001 birth year, and discovered a new talent: babysitters on demand. Finding a regular babysitter is stressful enough. But finding a babysitter when your regular babysitter cancels and you have tickets to...
by Leopoldo Jacobsen | Nov 5, 2018
South suburban-based Sterling can’t make construction equipment walk on water, but its TerraLam work platforms can make equipment more effective on land. Sterling’s TerraLam mats are built with multiple layers of kiln-dried, southern yellow pine, stacked in...
by Leopoldo Jacobsen | Nov 5, 2018
Scene: A bar crowded with groups of young people being social with friends and family, posting, tweeting, hashtagging, taking selfies alone and in groups. The 8 zillion TV monitors overhead show something that no one is paying attention to. Action: All of the 8...
by Leopoldo Jacobsen | Nov 5, 2018
Zooniverse, 2019 Zooniverse, a collaboration between the Adler Planetarium, the University of Oxford, and the University of Minnesota, is the world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research. It is made possible by volunteers—1.8 million...
by Leopoldo Jacobsen | Nov 5, 2018
The 48-year-old Lakeview Pantry’s new 7,500-square-foot space with large storefront windows and colorful, bright interiors reinforces the Pantry’s mission to feed the hungry and remain a stabilizing force on the North Side. And, says Chief Executive Kellie O’Connell,...
