ANN ARBOR - A new combustion turbine at the University of Michigan's Central Power Plant is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly, lowering emission levels halfway toward the university's 2025 sustainability goal. The 15-megawatt combustion turbine, which will be housed in a 12,000-square-foot addition, is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated
AUSTIN - Multi-billonaire Mark Cuban, speaking at South By Southwest, said the world’s first trillionaires will be men and women who master Artificial Intelligence and its derivatives. "I am telling you, the world's first trillionaires are going to come from somebody who masters AI and all its derivatives," the Shark Tank investor said, according to
TROY - Alchemie, an education technology company, announced it has received a $700,000 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Science Foundation to expand its research and development efforts. This is Alchemie’s Phase II SBIR grant; it earned the initial Phase I award of $150,000 in January 2016 and a Phase IB of $30,000 in
ANN ARBOR - Extremely short, configurable "femtosecond" pulses of light demonstrated by an international team could lead to future computers that run up to 100,000 times faster than today's electronics. The researchers, including engineers at the University of Michigan, showed that they could control the peaks within the laser pulses and also twist the light.
ANN ARBOR - While the rate of ownership of cars and light trucks has steadily declined since its peak a decade ago, it is starting to climb, says a University of Michigan researcher. In his ninth report in a series examining recent changes in various aspects of motorization in the U.S., Michael Sivak of the
ANN ARBOR - A University of Michigan startup that's developing a non-invasive way to remove diseased tissue from cancer patients using high-intensity ultrasound has attracted $8.3 million in Series B financing. The investment will help advance clinical trials of HistoSonics' Robotic Assisted Sonic Therapy—an innovative tissue-destruction technology targeted for liver cancer and other solid tumor
SAN FRANCISCO - Three years since acquiring Oculus, Facebook is finally integrating the company’s virtual reality arm into its platform with a new standalone 360-degree VR app. Since the acquisition, the social media giant has been taking steps to expand its VR presence, but has thus far kept social and VR separate. Now the dividing
LANSING - Nearly 80 Percent of Web Designers, Developers, Digital Agencies and Small-To-Medium businesses expect their businesses will be more reliant on cloud and web technologies during the next five years, a recent survey contends. Liquid Web, LLC, a $100 million managed hosting provider also reported as more and more companies move to the web and
GENEVA, Switzerland - George Jetson can eat his heart out. A new flying-car concept can do more than just take to the skies. In fact, the futuristic vehicle takes more cues from "Transformers" than "The Jetsons" in imagining how humans might get around in the future. Meet the Pop.Up. This "multimodal transportation concept" is a
DETROIT - DTX Launch Detroit is an intensive 10-week summer accelerator for college students and recent graduates aspiring to launch a technology startup. Participants will receive a stipend of $2,500 per individual (up to $7,500 per venture team) to test out their entrepreneurial dreams. The deadline to apply is April 21. The program covers Designing,
