WASHINGTON DC - A proposal from the Federal Aviation Administration to track nearly all remote-controlled drones was unveiled last week, affecting nearly all drones in the U.S., both recreational and commercial. The only exception are drones under 0.55 pounds, which don't require FAA registration. Most photography drones, like the DJI Mavic, weigh about a pound and would
LANSING - Public or private organizations can apply for up to $70,000 each toward the cost of installing direct current fast chargers for electric vehicles under a request for proposals announced by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. The rebates are aimed at encouraging the buildout of an EV fast charging network
PLYMOUTH - Shiloh Industries has joined DTE Energy’s MIGreenPower program, committing to power three facilities with 100 percent Michigan-made clean energy. The move will offset the equivalent of nearly 4,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. Through DTE’s MIGreenPower, Shiloh will provide clean energy for its Plymouth Technical Center and stamping plants in Roseville and
SAN FRANCISCO - Tesla filled a patent on a new chemistry for better, longer-lasting and cheaper batteries in late December. Earlier in 2019, Tesla’s battery research partner, Jeff Dahn and his team at Dalhousie University, unveiled the impressive results of tests on a new battery cell that could last over 1 million miles in an electric
DETROIT - Winning Futures, which delivers an evidence-based, structured Workforce Prep program for students throughout metro Detroit, received an $18,000 check from Comerica Bank, part of a promotion it ran with the Detroit Lions for each first down the football team gained at Ford Field. Winning Futures includes in-class mentoring, life skills development, goal setting,
DETROIT - The Innovation Hub for Advanced Computing has awarded $250,000 to three projects that aim to address future or poorly met market needs in frontier computing technologies, such as deep learning, augmented reality and robotic process automation. The Hub is part of the Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization that invested in startups led by
DETROIT - TechTown Detroit announced Friday that the creator of Skilled-Tec, a mixed and augmented reality platform created to provide training in the skilled trades field, won the $1,500 first-place prize at the Start Studio Fall Showcase pitch competition, the culmination of Detroit's only idea-stage program for tech and tech-based businesses. The showcase on Wednesday,
MUNCIE, Indiana – The national and Midwest economies will slow dramatically next year as gross domestic product growth remains sluggish due to the Trump administration trade wars with trading partners around the globe, warns a Ball State University economist. Employment growth in several Midwestern states turned negative in first quarter of 2019, and the decline
GRAND RAPIDS - Davenport University is expanding its employment guarantee program to students earning a cyber defense degree. The Davenport University Employment Guarantee assures students they will find employment within six months of graduating or they earn an additional 48 credits tuition-free. "We have an obligation in higher education that the investment our students make
ASHLAND, Wisc.- Lake Superior, long considered to be the cleanest of the Great Lakes, is showing new signs of vulnerability, according to a white paper released today by the Northland College Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation. Experts point to increased intensity of storms — likely associated with climate change — historic land use
