PONTIAC - Nearly 20 members of The Engineering Society of Detroit got a peek at the “next industrial revolution” Thursday with a tour of the 3D printing laboratory of Pontiac-based DASI Solutions. DASI owner and co-founder David Darbyshire gave the members a detailed history of the family-owned business — which now employs four of the
DETROIT - In a way, it was appropriate: On a day when 50-mph wind gusts tore through Michigan, Rocket Fiber announced residential and business internet speeds that will blow you away. Rocket, another Rock Ventures startup, is now offering a 1-gigabit-per-second residential connection for just $70 a month. A 10-gigabit-per-second home service is available for
HOUGHTON — “It’s an octopus,” says Open Source Hardware Enterprise team member Ian Peoples, holding up a previously finished model as a nearby 3-D printer nozzle continues to lay down heated plastic filament in precise, fractional increments. Fellow team member Lucas Wilder proffers a blue bust of Yoda, further evidence of how 3-D printer stock,
NEWAYGO - Newaygo County was officially certified this week by Connect Michigan as a certified Connected Community. The Newaygo County Technology Planning Team also released a Technology Action Plan to the county commission. “Broadband Internet is crucial to education and commerce,” Jon Schneider, Newaygo city manager, told the commission. “Partners across Newaygo County have shown
DETROIT - The Detroit-based information technology services provider VisionIT Monday announced the opening of its new IT Innovation Center in Detroit. The 7,000-square-foot Innovation Center is part of VisionIT’s 30,000-square-foot headquarters space in the New Center One building in midtown Detroit, 3031 W. Grand Boulevard. The company says it has already hired 25 new employees
EAST LANSING — More than 50 Michigan State University engineering students joined the latest student chapter of The Engineering Society of Detroit Monday night. The MSU chapter became the seventh student chapter of ESD, the Southfield-based multi-disciplinary professional society for engineers and people in related technical fields. ESD Executive Director Robert Magee told the students
LANSING - The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has announced a Feb. 15, 2016 kickoff for a new team challenge to develop innovative strategies to increase the state’s residential recycling rate. The challenge, called Recycle by Design, is one of the key initiatives of Gov. Rick Snyder’s plan to double residential recycling in Michigan. The
ANN ARBOR - The Ann Arbor-based supply chain design software developer LLamasoft said this week that it had acquired the supply chain software division of Barloworld Ltd., an industrial brand management company based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The companies said the acquisition does not cover Barloworld’s key territories in South Africa and the United Arab
SOUTHFIELD – Michigan’s best hiring event for engineering and technical talent is just two weeks away. The Engineering Society of Detroit's annual Fall Engineering & Technology Job Fair is scheduled for Nov. 16 at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. For job seekers, the Job Fair promises hundreds of openings in all forms of engineering
DETROIT — When it comes to cybersecurity, Gov. Rick Snyder is not only a leader, he’s also a victim. Snyder told reporters Monday at the North American International Cyber Summit that his identity was stolen before he became governor. “I started getting dunning notices for a cell phone I never bought,” Snyder said at the
