Matt Roush

About Matt Roush

Matt Roush is a freelance writer, editor, and photographer, and co-host of MITech TV with MITechNews founder and publisher Mike Brennan. He is a longtime Michigan journalist and marketing professional, having spent more than 30 years in journalism for media outlets including WWJ Newsradio 950, Crain’s Detroit Business, the Kalamazoo Gazette, and the Traverse City Record-Eagle, and over a decade in nonprofit media relations and marketing for The Engineering Society of Detroit and Lawrence Technological University.

LTU Architecture Dean Daubmann Wanted To Design Cars, Now Teaches Transportation Design

DETROIT - Karl Daubmann, the Lawrence Tech University Dean of Architecture and Design, talks about the transportation design works, from designing cities to houses, games to transportation, giving LTU a range of students and disciplines. An emerging culture of DIY, innovations and ranges of manufacturing from cars, to buildings to electronics. Daubmann wanted to be

By |2017-01-19T16:14:33-05:00January 19th, 2017|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Livonia City Government Doubles Bandwidth With WOW

LIVONIA — The city of Livonia has partnered with Denver-based Wide Open West, a cable TV provider that does business as WOW! Internet, Cable & Phone, to offer its WOW! Business fiber-optic connectivity. WOW! began working with the city of Livonia in 2015 to install fiber with 100 megabits per second of dedicated internet access

By |2017-01-13T09:13:29-05:00January 13th, 2017|ESD|

Bosch Survey Finds Electric Vehicle’s Now Mainstream, But Buyers Overestimate Range

DETROIT — The German auto supplier Bosch has released a survey of 1,000 American carbuyers who believe that electric vehicles are finally reaching the mainstream. The survey was conducted of adults aged 18 and older who purchased or leased at one new vehicle within the past five years. According to the study, new car buyers

By |2017-01-13T09:13:29-05:00January 13th, 2017|ESD|

Ghosn Sees No Trump Trade Troubles, Links NAIAS To Consumer Electronics Show

DETROIT — Carlos Ghosn is one of the busiest men in the global auto industry. After all, the Brazilian-Lebanese-French businessman is only chairman and CEO of France’s Renault, chairman and CEO of Japan’s Nissan, and chairman of Mitsubishi. In a speech at the North American International Auto Show here Monday, Ghosn observed the similarities between

By |2017-01-10T19:48:44-05:00January 10th, 2017|Autonomous Vehicles, Guest Columns|

A Tech Nerd’s View Of The Auto Show, Day Two

DETROIT - Matt Roush went back to the North American International Auto Show briefly Tuesday, fighting through the slush, and caught all the stuff I missed on Day One. Looking at everything in this show really does take a while. To look at his cool pics, click on https://techcentury.com/2017/01/10/a-tech-nerds-view-of-the-auto-show-day-two/

By |2017-01-10T19:21:29-05:00January 10th, 2017|Autonomous Vehicles, Featured|

A Tech Nerd’s View Of The North American International Auto Show

DETROIT — Yep, it’s back again. It’s New Year’s, and that means the North American International Auto Show is once again being held at Cobo Center in downtown Detroit. More than 5,000 journalists from all over the world are being hosted Monday and Tuesday during Press Preview Days. On Wednesday and Thursday, thousands more industry

By |2017-01-10T19:21:29-05:00January 10th, 2017|Autonomous Vehicles, Featured|

Ford Offers Peek At Transportation In City Of Tomorrow

DETROIT - Ford Motor Co.’s press conference at Monday’s opening Press Preview Days at the North American International Auto Show here offered a peek at its newest cars, trucks and vans. But it was a whole lot more. Executive chairman Bill Ford, CEO Mark Fields, and veteran journalist and public policy analyst Walter Isaacson gave

By |2017-01-10T19:21:29-05:00January 10th, 2017|Featured, New Products / Contracts|

Red Level Moving To Larger Headquarters In Novi To Accommodate Rapid Growth

NOVI - The IT consulting firm Red Level is moving to a larger headquarters in Novi to accommodate the company’s rapid growth. The move, taking place in January, will see Red Level moving from 6,500 square feet of leased space on Catherine Industrial Drive to an 18,000-square-foot, company-owned building at 40200 Grand River Avenue. The

By |2016-12-22T17:09:20-05:00December 22nd, 2016|ESD|

AT&T Upgrades Network In Southwest, West Michigan

DETROIT - AT&T has upgraded its network in several areas throughout Michigan to give customers faster, more reliable wireless service.  AT&T says it boosted its mobile internet coverage at Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital in West Bloomfield Township. The company added a 4G LTE Distributed Antenna System (DAS), a network of numerous small antennas that

By |2016-12-22T16:51:27-05:00December 22nd, 2016|ESD|