ANN ARBOR - Hygieia, which is developing a glucose meter for diabetics that works as n endocrinolgist-to-go, won first place in the Emerging Business Category of the Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest business-plan writing contest. In this GLEQ channel interview, co-founder Israel Hodish talks about how his technology allows doctors to modify a patient's treatment plan
ANN ARBOR - Meadowlark Builders and Architectural Resource is working with an Ann Arbor homeowner to create the nation's third LEED Platinum residential remodel - a unique home that features such CleanTech features as heavily insulated walls, energy efficient windows, special heating and cooling systems that together generate monthly energy bills of around $40. To
DETROIT - SciTech Development is working on a new drug delivery system that could help attack eight different types of cancer, including some of the real bad ones such as pancreatic and breast. In this TechTown channel interview, SciTech President Earle Holsapple discusses the company's R&D efforts and its attempt to raise $7 million to
TROY - Doug Stratton, president of the Stratton Foundation, has been selected as the ConnecTech January 2009 Member of the Month. Stratton is a member of the ConnecTech Greater Detroit Chapter. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
LANSING - Michigan's U.S. Senate members said Tuesday that the $838 billion stimulus bill that chamber passed on Tuesday will help put Michigan residents back to work once it takes effect, but the stimulus plan got mixed support from the House, which passed a resolution on largely a party-line vote supporting the stimulus measure. The
LANSING - A package of bills that would require state contracts and economic development efforts to focus hiring on Michigan residents went to the full House after being reported on a largely bi-partisan basis from the House Commerce Committee on Tuesday. The panel's six Republicans voted against reporting the main bills in the 12-bill package,
REDMOND, WA. - Microsoft on Monday made available an add-on to its Dynamics AX business applications that allows mid-size companies to collect and analyze their energy usage and translate that into the environmental impact. It's part of a broader effort around environmental sustainability at the company, headed by Robert Bernard, Microsoft's chief environmental strategist, who
NEW YORK - IBM on Monday announced a broad update of its products and services aimed at building intelligent infrastructure systems and dealing with the massive amounts of data they would create. Such projects could include adding millions of sensors to the nation's power grid or digitizing every American's health records. IBM's revamp includes an
LANSING - Michigan will now have two bodies looking at optimal siting for wind energy in the state. Governor Jennifer Granholm created and appointed Friday the Great Lakes Wind Council specifically to look at offshore locations for wind turbines. The new council, created under Executive Order 2009-1, has until September 1 to come up with
LANSING - A state lending program that was to have expired on Friday has been extended for another three months in part because of a sudden interest from state-chartered banks and credit unions - but the state has lent less than one-tenth the $150 million it available for loans. Some bankers have said the program