ROYAL OAK - Sassa Akervall, Chief Operating Officer of Akervall Technologies, joins M2 TechCast on a segment co-hosted by the Michigan Small Business Technology Center’s Kayo Ramirez, an SBDC tech consultant. Akervall is the manufacturer of SISU Sports Mouth Guards. Made from non-compressible thermopolymer and only 1.6 mm thin, SISU Mouth Guards are engineered to
ROYAL OAK - Warner Norcross & Judd Partner Randy Peck talks about the autonomous vehicle patent race underway, a tug-of-war between traditional automakers and Silicon Valley software companies to dominate intellectual property in this next phase of auto evolution. Some autonomous features are already in the latest vehicles. Those include adaptive cruise control, automatic emergency
ROYAL OAK - Cybersecurity pro Richard Stiennon rejoined M2 TechCast after leaving Blancco Technology Group in November where he served as Chief Strategy Officer. Stiennon will appear monthly to update listeners on the latest cybersecurity threats. Stiennon, who lives in Birmingham, Michigan, also will resume his former activities which includes providing video interviews with top
ROYAL OAK - Long-time public relations pro Mike DeVilling, who ran his own boutique agency for nearly a decade, is now senior partner at Finn Partners, a global marketing and communications company. Reporting to Finn’s managing partner, Dan Pooley, DeVilling serve as senior partner in the Detroit office. He leads new business development, client service and counsel, and
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Monday Dec. 4, Tech248 Manager Irene Spanos will interview Xu Chen of ORBBEC, a 3D camera-computer maker. Tonya Matthews, PhD, CEO of the Michigan Science Center will tell you all about fun tech stuff to do over the Holidays. Lisa Diggs, founder of BuyMichiganNow, will promote her Michigan-Made Gift
LONDON — Technological advances such as automation could increase global GDP by more than $1.1 trillion over the next 10-15 years, according to a new report from analysts at JPMorgan Asset Management seen exclusively by Business Insider. The asset management arm of banking giant JPMorgan believes that technological advances across all areas of society could lead
LANSING - Business groups favored, and conservationists opposed, legislation that would create boards to oversee the rulemaking and permit appeals processes of the Department of Environmental Quality as well as create an advisory committee for the governor in testimony heard Wednesday. SB 652, SB 653 and SB 654 would create a series of oversight boards that would review and
ROYAL OAK - ROYAL OAK - Paul Rutherford, President of Rutherford and Associates, creators of eoStar software, joins M2 TechCast to discuss their new eGuide, designed to help distributors know how to empower their businesses by leveraging modern technology. eoStar is an industry leading route accounting software provider and is used by some of the
GRAND RAPIDS - Construction has begun at Western Michigan University’s Grand Rapids regional location for a state-of the-art manufacturing laboratory. AMP Lab @WMU, an Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Laboratory, will be built in collaboration with West Michigan manufacturers and Grand Rapids Community College to address the shortage of skilled trades and engineering employees in the region.
PLYMOUTH - An innovative lightweight car frame was rolled out at the SEMA show a few weeks ago in Las Vegas by the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center that could soon lead to investments in tooling and testing for an initial market of replica car buyers, but could be used on mass produced vehicles in the
