ANN ARBOR - Aquaro Histology announced Thursday it has completed a $9.8 million Series A round led by Telegraph Hills Partners. Aquaro, formerly known as Aquaro Biosystems, will use the money to launch its first product, an Automated Section Mounting used in medical research and development. Concurrent with the financing, Tom Raffin, M.D.; Deval Lashkari,
ANN ARBOR—Researchers, hospitals, companies, consumers and government agencies are drowning in data that they can't fully capitalize on. Now, a team from the University of Michigan has received $1.6 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to help develop a toolkit so that even nondata scientists can use that data to possibly answer questions
ANN ARBOR - Consumer sentiment surged in October, reaching its highest level since the start of 2004, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. This was only the second time that the Sentiment Index was above 100.0 since the end of the record 1990s expansion. The October gain was due to the most
WASHINGTON DC — President Donald Trump signed a memo Wednesday establishing a pilot program to better integrate unmanned aircrafts into national airspace to deal with more than one million drones now in the hands of hobbyists and pressure from major eCommerce players like Amazon that want to deliver packages using the unmanned aerial devices. The
ANN ARBOR - An advanced space engine in the running to propel humans to Mars has broken the records for operating current, power and thrust for a device of its kind, known as a Hall thruster. The development of the thruster was led by Alec Gallimore, University of Michigan professor of aerospace engineering and the
YPSILANTI TWP. - The American Center for Mobility will work with 15 colleges and universities across Michigan to create the Academic Consortium aimed at training next generation high-tech talent at its connected and automated vehicle technologies facility at the Willow Run airport. ACM and the Academic Consortium will partner to create educational pathways to train
ANN ARBOR - It's a question every startup struggles with—how to divide the equity before a product, an app or service is developed? Startup founders are often compensated initially with equity shares until the business starts making money, and equally splitting shares seems like the default. Equally splitting these shares can create problems such as
GRAND RAPIDS - The Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce Wednesday announced the winners of the 2017 EPIC Awards - honoring local organizations and professionals for their outstanding success stories and contributions to West Michigan economy. Twenty local entrepreneurs and non-profit organizations were in the running as finalists for seven EPIC Award categories. Recipients and
ANN ARBOR - A security-token necklace, ear buds or eyeglasses developed at the University of Michigan could eliminate vulnerabilities in voice authentication—the practice of logging in to a device or service with your voice alone. Talking to electronics has become a popular—even essential—way to command them. In this era of the internet of things, voice
LANSING - The North American International Cyber Summit 2017 hosted by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, is once again set to take place in the heart of Downtown Detroit at Cobo Center. As in previous year’s, this event will bring together experts from across the globe to address a variety of cyber-security issues impacting the world.
