WASHINGTON, D.C. - A city of the future called “Egabrag,” engineered by students from St. John Lutheran School in Rochester, took third place Tuesday at the 2016 Future City National Competition. St. John Lutheran School receives a $2,000 scholarship for its STEM program, sponsored by IEEE-USA. Earlier versions of the St. John team won the
ANN ARBOR - The defense and security products developer Arotech Corp. said it has received a $720,000 grant from Israel’s Office of the Chief Scientist toward research and development for its grid storage flow battery system. The grant will cover 40 percent of the planned R&D budget for the system in 2016. Arotech’s iron-iron flow
DETROIT - Asterand Bioscience says it has been awarded a five-year, $6.5 million contract from the National Institutes of Health to provide oncology specimens with associated clinical data to the Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium. The CPTAC is a coordinated effort to accelerate the understanding of the molecular basis of cancer by systematically identifying proteins
SOUTHFIELD - Lawrence Technological University is now a co-sponsor of a news blog covering high technology in Michigan. TechCentury.com is the online version of TechCentury, the magazine of The Engineering Society of Detroit. LTU recently hired Matt Roush as managing editor of its news bureau. He had been director of communications and public relations at
UNIVERSITY CENTER — Saginaw Valley State University and The Dow Chemical Co. leaders unveiled a new mobile research laboratory during a ceremony at the univesrity Wednesday, Jan. 27. The mobile lab is a 30-foot-long recreational vehicle outfitted with scientific equipment to travel to K-12 schools in Michigan’s Great Lakes Bay Region and beyond. The intent
SOUTHFIELD - The Engineering Society of Detroit will again offer its proven Fundamentals of Engineering (FE, Part I) and Principles & Practice of Engineering (PE, Part II) Exam Review Courses this winter. And this winter, current holders of the Professional Engineer designation in Michigan can take courses à la carte to meet their continuing education
SAGINAW - AT&T Inc. says it has activated an upgrade to bring faster speeds to more than 340 cell sites in central and northern Michigan. People using the network in these locations should realize better service when they’re watching videos, posting to social media or texting family and friends. The upgraded cell sites in Michigan
LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas, Nev. data center operator said Thursday that its massive planned data center near Grand Rapids would be powered 100 percent by renewable energy. Switch said it had already begun working with the local utility, Consumers Energy, to supply its 2-million-square-foot SUPERNAP data center in Gaines Township with green power.
DETROIT - When it comes to cars, Americans are increasingly like they are with movies and music. They want a car on demand — but not necessarily ownership, according to a new consumer study released by IBM in conjunction with the North American International Auto Show. For the second part of its “Auto 2025” series,
DETROIT - First of all, the North American International Auto Show really is different this year. A few weeks ago, the tech podcast I co-host with Mike Brennan of Michigan Technology News (www.mitechnews.com) had Max Muncey, NAIAS public relations manager, on as a guest. And Max told us that fully 70 percent of the auto
