DETROIT — The Engineering Society of Detroit’s director of communications and public relations, Matt Roush, takes you for a spin around the redesigned show floor of the 2016 North American International Auto Show. To see Matt Roush’s pictures, click on http://techcentury.com/2016/01/11/detroit-auto-show-media-day-1-a-photo-gallery/
DETROIT - It was time for a final spin around the North American International Auto Show Tuesday, the final day of Press Preview Days. Check out these pictures snapped by Matt Roush, director of communications and public relations at The Engineering Society of Detroit. To see Matt Roush’s pictures, click on http://techcentury.com/2016/01/12/esd-at-the-auto-show-day-2-photos/
AUBURN HILLS - US Farathane Corp. Wednesday announced it has acquired Tepso Plastics Mex, a manufacturer of engineered plastic injection molded components and assemblies for the automotive sector with two production facilities in Mexico. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. US Farathane officials said Tepso’s production facilities in Monterrey and Romita, combined with its
HOUGHTON - Small drones have also proven to be effective tools of mischief, and not just in the national news - from spying to smuggling to hacking. So when Mo Rastgaar was watching World Cup soccer and heard about snipers protecting the crowd, he doubted that they’d fully understood a drone’s potential. “I thought, ‘If
SOUTHFIELD – The Engineering Society of Detroit is still seeking a few judges for its Future City competition for middle school students, coming up Jan. 25 at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. ESD also is seeking judges for the E-Challenge III competition, sponsored by DTE Energy, which seeks to fund advanced demonstration projects in
LAS VEGAS - TomTom, the Netherlands-based navigation device developer, said Tuesday it had launched “Highly Automated Driving” map products for all interstate roads in California and all interstates and freeways in Michigan. The company, in an announcement at CES 2016, said the products are intended to provide easier testing for autonomous vehicles in two states
LAS VEGAS - Ford Motor Co. will show off an expanded Sync connectivity system at CES, formerly known as the International Consumer Electronics Show, being held Jan. 6-9 in Las Vegas, Nev. “Sync allows customers to bring the smartphone technology they’re comfortable with into a vehicle and use it without hassle,” said Don Butler, Ford
LANSING - Four Lansing-area business incubators will receive $5,000 each from the New Economy Division of the Lansing Economic Area Partnership after they responded to a request for proposals earlier this year. The awarded incubators are: The Allen Neighborhood Center, an agriculture-based incubator on the east side of Lansing. The Technology Innovation Center, a tech
SOUTHFIELD - Desktop support jobs are most in demand, a new survey shows, followed by database management, network and windows administration skills. The report comes from the temporary tech staffing firm Robert Half Technology, which added in a press release that hiring challenges remain as IT operations move into 2016. A survey of CIOs and
DETROIT - The Michigan Science Center is kicking off a new project to interest girls in STEM careers. Called the STEMinista Project, the goal is to collect 150 profiles of women working in STEM careers, in STEM research, education and entrepreneurship or who have STEM degrees, to use as role models for the girls who
