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Brennan Updates CAR’s MBS Conference, Progress On MITechNews TV

TRAVERSE CITY - The Center for Automotive Research’s Management Briefing Seminars has morphed into a technology show, and this year the focus was on Autonomous Vehicles - how to build them, protect them from hackers, whether you need a driver’s license to ride in one, liability when accidents occur and more. M2 TechCast co-host Mike

By |2018-08-16T10:29:51-04:00August 16th, 2018|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Marburger STEM Center Update With Executive Director Collins

ROYAL OAK - What is the Marburger STEM Center at Lawrence Technological University? Executive Director Sibrina Collins explains in this segment of M2 Techcast. In September, the STEM Center celebrates is third anniversary. It was founded with a $20 million donation from Microsoft co-founder Steve Ballmer, who once took classes at LTU when he was

By |2018-08-16T10:30:46-04:00August 16th, 2018|M2 TechCast, Podcasts, STEAM|

New York VC-Backed Blockchain Company Building 37,000 Acre Wind Farm In Sahara

DAKHLA, Morocco - Soluna, a blockchain company, is building a 37,000 acre wind farm in the Western Sahara, one of the windiest regions in the world, to provide 900-megawatts of power for a data center to support blockchain networks around the world. Construction will start in 2019 and is scheduled to be completed in five

By |2018-08-15T19:22:10-04:00August 15th, 2018|Blockchain|

MSU Researchers Create Synthetic Biological Devices To Treat Chronic, Uncured Diseases

EAST LANSING - Michigan State University engineering researchers are working to create ‘synthetic biological-devices’ inside the cells of mammals that will enable new treatments for chronic and uncured diseases. A cross-disciplinary team of biomedical and electrical engineers will build biological circuits, oscillators, and toggle switches inside cells to respond to electromagnetic fields as a mean

By |2018-08-14T20:08:37-04:00August 14th, 2018|Life Sciences|

LIFT Creates Process To Help Shipbuilders Save Production Costs, Improve Build Time

DETROIT - Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow has created new process that introduce the opportunity for shipbuilders to save production costs and improve build time, while reducing distortion of lightweight materials. The Joining-3 Project, led by Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division, with partners in government, NSWC-Carderock Division, NAVSEA and industry, including American Bureau of Shipping,

By |2018-08-14T19:56:03-04:00August 14th, 2018|New Products / Contracts|

Detroit Internet Exchange Partners With Arista To Expand High Speed Capacity – Attract New Members

DETROIT  – The Detroit Internet Exchange is partnering with Arista to implement innovative high capacity hardware to bring more participants to the exchange. 123Net, who hosts the DET-IX, shared the DET-IX vision with Arista, which provided a new DCS-7504 N switch to expand capacity at the exchange, one of the largest not-for-profit Internet exchange points

By |2018-08-14T19:07:11-04:00August 14th, 2018|New Products / Contracts|

SmartOne – Auto Dealership Local Marketing Guarantees Sales Results

BIRMINGHAM, MI – What if I told you SmartOne is a advanced digital local marketing auto dealership program with proven results that increase a dealership’s awareness among local active vehicle buyers. What if I told you this program SmartOne also is co-op compliant with OEMs, and that it increases service center appointments and profits as

By |2018-09-23T04:59:05-04:00August 13th, 2018|Guest Columns, Internet, Social Media|

LTU’s New Dorm, Karamba Auto Anti-Hacking, Ashleigh Laabs, BullsEye VirtualTech

ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Aug. 13, Joe Veryser, LTU campus architect, talks about all the high tech touches in our new dorm, and all the other real estate projects under way on campus this summer. Ami Dotan, President and CEO of Karamba Security, warns you if a Chinese company called Keen Lab calls,

By |2018-08-13T07:35:28-04:00August 13th, 2018|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Hatch Detroit Contest Announces 10 Semi-Finalists For $250,000 Contest

DETROIT – Ten retail concepts have made the semi finals of the Hatch Detroit Contest where one will win $50,000 in cash and $200,000 in pro bono support to found a brick and mortar business in Detroit, Highland Park or Hamtramck. Now the contest will turn to the public to cast their vote and help

By |2018-08-10T08:10:31-04:00August 10th, 2018|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Featured|

ACM Study: Truck Driver Jobs Safe With Self-Driving Vehicles; Cab Drivers, Not So Much

YPSILANTI TWP. – A new study commissioned by the American Center for Mobility finds that only a “modest” number of truck driving jobs will be affected by the rise of automated vehicles. The study, led by Michigan State University and supported by the Texas A&M Transportation Instute, predicted that significant numbers of automated vehicles won’t

By |2018-08-09T20:35:22-04:00August 9th, 2018|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles|