NOVI — A team from St. Valentine Catholic School in Redford Township won the 2017 Michigan Regional Future City Competition, hosted and managed by The Engineering Society of Detroit. The daylong event was held at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. St. Valentine was one of more than 30 competing teams to participate in the
ROYAL OAK — Powerley, the utility-led smart home technology pioneer, has introduced the next generation of its platform at DistribuTech, the power transmission and distribution conference being held this week in San Diego, Calif. Initially launched in 2015, Powerley says its new platform is the first and only smart home solution to provide real-time energy
ANN ARBOR — The Robotic Industries Association, the Ann Arbor-based advocate for the robotics industry, announced an all-time record in 2016 for North American robot orders and shipments. During the year, 34,606 robots valued at approximately $1.9 billion were ordered in North America, representing growth of 10 percent in units over 2015. The automotive industry
ROCHESTER — The Macomb-OU Incubator announced it has been awarded $48,000 in state Business Accelerator Funds to provide accelerator services to client companies ONU, Templar Integrated Security Solutions, and Zoesen. BAF awards are an initiative of the State of Michigan’s 21st Century Jobs Fund Program and are distributed by the Michigan Small Business Development Center
SOUTHFIELD - Auto supplier Denso has again announced a 2017 commitment to FIRST Robotics, to which it has donated more than $800,000 since 2002. Detroit will host the FIRST Robotics Championship at Cobo Center and Ford Field in April 2018, 2019 and 2020. Denso is a Silver Level Supplier Sponsor of FIRST, and teamed up
SOUTHFIELD - A California digital communications provider announced it has set up a Point of Presence at the Southfield data center of 123Net, the first PoP in Michigan for Hurricane Electric. One of four data centers that 123Net owns and operates in Michigan, the 18,000-square-foot Southfield center offers high-capacity colocation and disaster recovery space, as
DETROIT - Mark Brucki Executive Director of Corporate Community Partnerships At Lawrence Technological University, talks about LTU’s Collaboratory program and its innovative Customers to Cash program designed to serve established companies with new products to launch in new or existing markets; innovators with new technologies to sell; entrepreneurs with fresh business ideas to start up
DETROIT - Keith Nagara Director, Transportation Design Program at Lawrence Technological University, talks about the origin of the MAIN event, LTU’s design competition that kicks off the North American International Auto Show. Motor City Auto Industry Night was born after a student-faculty trip to Paris, France, where they were asked why Detroit doesn’t celebrate auto
DETROIT - Lawrence Technological University President President And CEO Dr. Virinder K. Moudgil talks to Matt Roush at the MAIN event about the awards LTU students received at the event. These students have exceptional ability in designing cars of the future. Technology has merged with design and safety, he said. LTU’s Auto Design program has
DETROIT - Robert McGee, Engineering Society of Detroit executive director, talks about ESD during an interview at the MAIN event, a Lawrence Technology University student design contest the night before the North American International Auto Show started. McGee talks about how ESD is the Michigan coordinator for the Future Cities program where 39 student teams
