NOVI - SAE 2016 Convergence will culminate its premiere annual event with a full day seminar on the future of Connected Vehicles being offered by industry partner Mobile Comply September 21 at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. “The evolution in mobility engineering requires input and ideas from a much wider community of partners,” said
LANSING - The American Society of Employers 2016/2017 Salary Budget Survey results have been compiled. Despite economic growth and continued low unemployment, 3 percent remains the amount Michigan employers are budgeting for employee pay raises in 2017. However, Michigan employers are not alone, according to WorldatWork’s 2016/2017 Salary Budget Survey across the nation most organizations
ROYAL OAK - New Automation Alley Executive Director Tom Kelly joins us on M2 TechCast to talk about his plan to make the southeast Michigan technology association technology an expert on what he calls Industry 4.0 – the fourth industrial revolution fueled by dramatic changes in the digital world transforming manufacturing – still Michigan’s biggest
ANN ARBOR - Robotic technologies for air, sea and roads, for factories, hospitals and homes will have tailored lab space in the University of Michigan's planned Robotics Laboratory. On Thursday, the U-M Board of Regents approved the schematic design for the $75 million facility, which is slated for the northeast corner of North Campus in
DEARBORN - TiECon Midwest is offering up to $1 billion to startups that can revolutionize health-care mobility. The deal comes with incubation space and mentorship from seasoned entrepreneurs for those selected. All ideas must be preregistered on the conference’s website, and applicants must attend the event. During TiECon Midwest, an anonymous investor and innovation team will
DETROIT - Policy and Commerce: Water Management Solutions in the Great Lakes Region is SMSBF's next Member-Guest Event. Since the Flint water crisis, we've become more aware of just how important water is. As Michigan residents, we live near almost 20 percent of the world's freshwater. Many signs point to an impending worldwide water crisis.
DEARBORN – The contest is to identify entrepreneurs and startups from the connected transport ecosystem. The emphasis would be on products, areas of applications within the connected transport space, vehicle management, traffic management, vehicle logistics, telematics, navigation, cybersecurity, infotainment and data analytics. During the contest, six finalists will have seven minutes to pitch their product to
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Google has launched its Project Zero Security Contest that will award the winner $200,000 if they can hack a Nexus 6P and 5X knowing only the devices’ phone number and email address. For the exploit to occur, a user can open an email in Gmail or an SMS text in Messenger.
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - Six Michigan universities made the list of the Princeton Review’s 380 Best Colleges in America. They include Albion College, Calvin College, Hillsdale College, Kalamazoo College, Michigan Technological University, and the University of Michigan. The college preparatory services organization, which is not affiliated with Princeton University, bases its list on a survey of
ANN ARBOR - In a study of 250,000 mobile devices, PCs and Macs used in the healthcare sector are running out of date versions of Flash, which are susceptible to vulnerabilities and malware like the Cerber or Locky ransomware strains. Attackers target doctors’ and other healthcare workers’ out-of-date devices to install malware that encrypts patient
