FERNDALE - M2 TechCast episode one featured cybersecurity experts Richard Stiennon and Dan Lohrmann, Angel Investor David Weaver, and video game producers Jason Vazzano and Sean Hurwitz, plus Jenell Leonard, Commissioner of the Michigan Film & Digital Media Office. To listen, click on http://www.podcastdetroit.com/audio/m2techcast-debuts-on-podcast-detroit/
TROY - Altair on Tuesday announced that its PBS Professional has been chosen to manage workload for the new Cray supercomputing system to be installed at for the Australian national weather service. PBS Professional was selected as part of a Cray contract to provide the Bureau of Meteorology with a Cray XC 40 supercomputer and
LANSING - Using unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly called drones, could provide safety benefits and asset management benefits in monitoring the conditions of the state's roads and bridges, the results of a study by the Department of Transportation show. MDOT has released results of a study using a variety of drones in tests of state highways
DETROIT - The City of Detroit ambulance fleet is going green.Last summer, over the summer, the city partnered with NextEnergy and Navitas Systems to retrofit 31 city ambulances with auxiliary power units, saving the City money and improving air quality. The upgrades are funded by a $1 million grant from the Michigan Department of Transportation�s Congestion Mitigation and Air
CHICAGO - Clean Energy Trust is calling on the most innovative cleantech startups from across the Midwest to compete in the 6th Annual Clean Energy Trust Challenge, a single-day pitch competition that will award $1 million to start-ups in April 2016 - nearly ten times the amount distributed at the annual event in 2011. The
LANSING - A total of 65 full-time positions and more than $129.8 million are being cut from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation's 2016 budget after its executive committee on Tuesday adopted a resolution accepting the budget as proposed. The MEDC in mid-August announced it would make major cuts for its 2015-16 fiscal year budget beginning
LANSING - Michigan has to find ways to make college education more affordable given it is essential to getting ahead economically, but it also has to support more programs that provide hands-on job training for youth and adults, the Center for Michigan said in a recent report. Among the key recommendations of the report,Getting to
GRAND RAPDIS - Davenport University announced it has received a gift to its endowment fund of $5.5 million over the next four years from the M.E. Davenport Foundation, the single largest gift in the University's history. The latest gift brings historical giving to Davenport University by the independent, family foundation to more than $15.4
PLYMOUTH TWP. - The ultrasound-based breast imaging technology developer Delphinus Medical Technologies Inc. says it has secured $39.5 million in new series C venture capital round - what the company contends is the single largest amount ever raised for a healthcare imaging company in the Midwest, as well as the largest for a medical
LANSING - Tourists will now be able to engage with Pure Michigan commercials to discover information about specific destinations with the video spots. The technology comes from Detroit-based Clickivated. When a scene of interest plays, users can click on the icon to the right of the screen and get immediate access to individual websites of