HOUGHTON - Research partners from the University of Michigan and the University of Hawaii joined Michigan Tech's Great Lakes Research Center scientists and engineers to deploy 17 last Friday afternoon under-ice research instruments 16 feet below the frozen Portage Waterway. The instruments included an underwater video camera, water testing equipment, a hydrophone and an underwater
STAMFORD, Conn. ? A new survey shows worldwide PC shipments totaled 83.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2014, a 1 percent increase from the fourth quarter of 2013, indicating a slow, but consistent improvement following more than two years of decline. "The PC market is quietly stabilizing after the installed base reduction driven
KALAMAZOO - David A. Esposito has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of Armune BioScience, succeeding the founding and outgoing President and CEO, Eli L. Thomssen, who becomes Chief Business Officer. Armune also completed the first close on a $2.5 million Series A financing round designed to underwrite the launch of Apifiny, its, non-PSA
ANN ARBOR - A 32-acre mini-city designed expressly for testing connected and automated vehicle systems, and other emerging 21st-century smart city technologies, is taking shape on the University of Michigan's North Campus. Called M City, the one-of-a-kind facility will include a network of roads with up to five lanes, intersections, roundabouts, roadway markings, traffic signs
ANN ARBOR - Kiplinger has released their rankings of the best-value public colleges in 2015. The University of Michigan is ranked No. 6 out of 100 for in-state students, but 13th for out-of state enrollees. Other Big Ten universities making the top 10 include the University of Wisconsin, ranked No. 8 and 4, respectively, and
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute is one of five national test sites selected by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety to address the well-being of older drivers. Longitudinal Research on Aging Drivers (LongROAD) is a five-year $12 million project that will allow researchers to better understand the role of physical
PONTIAC - Oakland County, through its tech248 initiative, and MITechNews.Com have partnered to enable Oakland County technology companies to reach a wider Michigan audience with a flip of the switch, County Executive L. Brooks Patterson announced Thursday. By submitting press releases to
NEW YORK - Morgan Stanley, one of the world's largest financial services firms, revealed Monday its customer information was breached. But it wasn't the result of determined hackers or sophisticated email attacks. Instead, Morgan Stanley said it was an employee who stole data from more than 350,000 customer accounts. The move is a wake-up call
TROY - Altair announced that John Calabrese, former General Motors Vice President of Global Vehicle Engineering, will join a newly formed board of directors for Altair ProductDesign, a wholly owned subsidiary focused on product development, enterprise solutions, and customer site services. The board has been established for the U.S.-based entity, but will guide all Altair
WASHINGTON DC - The head of the FBI says the hackers responsible for Sony's data breach "got sloppy," which enabled forensics teams to unmask the culpable country. "The Interview" is screening at hundreds theaters across the United States, though not at the thousands as originally planned, CNET News.Com reported. FBI chief James Comey says that