MARSHALL - Universite Laval from Quebec, Canada, achieved 2,098 miles per gallon with its student-designed and built vehicle that met the strict SAE Supermileage competition criteria of a single occupant, and a one-cylinder, four-cycle engine. Two other college teams achieved more than 1,000 mpg in the 36th annual competition, held last week at the Eaton
DETROIT - Cal Carson will have the rumored highlights of what has typically been Apple's "really big show," the 2015 World Wide Developers Conference, this coming week. Will Apple TV finally get the makeover it has desperately needed? Will the world catch the beat of Apple's uber music service? What new tricks will appear in
GRAND RAPIDS - Michigan Mobile Musings podcast focuses on Women in Mobile and Wireless Tech with Janette Phillips, Director of Business Development, Chrysalis Global; Chairperson, MTAM 'Women in Mobile Tech' Advisory Council and Kim Green-Kerr, Regional Vice-president, Sprint Business http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mtam/2015/06/10/women-in-mobile-tech
PARK RIDGE, IL - The MDRT Foundation has awarded a $3,000 grant to Winning Futures, a nonprofit that offers school-based mentoring programs and workshops for middle and high school students in Southeast Michigan, to help prepare young people to succeed through life skills programs that build character value development, goal setting, and strategic planning.
FLINT - Chemical Engineering and molecular biology students combined their skillsets to solve an open-ended water filtration problem presented jointly by Michelle Ammerman (Applied Biology) and Steven Nartker (Chemical Engineering) in each of their respective classes. The premise: address biological problems in engineering projects and vice versa around the theme of examining the impact of
PLYMOUTH - Comcast Business has announced it will provide 1 Gigabit-per-second (Gbps) Ethernet connections to Michigan International Speedway, and four other tracks hosting NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR XFINITY Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series events - enough bandwidth to easily transfer large videos and graphics, reviewing replays, or sending inspection data. In
LANSING - Plotting the locations of geological features, demographic information, transportation options and other data became more accessible with Wednesday's launch of the Department of Technology, Management and Budget's GIS Open Data website. One example of a practical use of the website is the ability to easily cross-reference jurisdictional boundaries with transportation networks and workforce
LANSING - The U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement Monday with Enbridge Energy Company that will incorporate portions of the state settlement over the 2010 oil pipeline rupture into the Kalamazoo River and require some additional work. The settlement puts federal authority behind the state requirements that the company complete any remaining cleanup and
LANSING - A major agreement to change a standing Michigan Economic Growth Authority tax credit with Ford Motor Company was unanimously approved by the Michigan Strategic Fund board on Monday, and the state hopes the agreement will serve as the framework for discussions with other companies on amending their MEGA agreements. Talent and Economic Development
WASHINGTON DC - The US National Security Agency has had its wings clipped a bit. On Tuesday, the US Senate approved the USA Freedom Act, legislation that will curtail the federal government's sweeping surveillance of millions of Americans' phone records. Later in the day, President Barack Obama signed the bill into law. The legislation, which