ROYAL OAK - For the past 15 years, Ford Motor Company has run what it calls its Ford Driving Skills for Life, an educational program developed and underwritten by Ford and the Governors Highway Safety Association, that uses Virtual Reality technology to engage teenagers and realistically scenarios they may encounter while behind the wheel. Kyle
ROYAL OAK - Think of the last business partner you selected for your company. Was it your accountant, attorney or financial advisor? Evaluating your IT consulting firm and even more specifically, your managed service provider is one of more important business decisions you'll make. The right managed service partner helps to build reliability and performance into your company’s IT
ROYAL OAK - When you look at 2018, most cybersecurity experts predict the cybersecurity attacks will be worse than 2017. Ransomware, Artificial Intelligence driven malware, security holes in the Intel chips that serve as the brains of our technology. Cybersecurity expert Dan Lohrmann, with Security Mentor, explains it all this segment of M2 TechCast. Unsecured
ROYAL OAK - Inforum’s Tember Shea interviewed inGAGE Master Class participant Kylee Guenther, CEO of Spectalite, an advanced engineering materials supplier for bamboo fiber composites, suitable for making products such as Automotive Interiors, Houseware, Consumer products, Construction, Toys, Packaging, Sports and Recreation parts. Spectalite technologies use the incredible strength of bamboo to address some of the
HOUGHTON - Millions of metric tons of legacy mine wastes threaten a key Lake Superior fish spawning ground and Grand Traverse Bay beaches and homes. Michigan Tech researchers and partners seek long-term solutions. Off the coast of Gay, a small northern Michigan hamlet in the Keweenaw Peninsula, a potential environmental catastrophe lurks beneath the surface.
ANN ARBOR - Consumer sentiment has remained largely unchanged for more than a year at very favorable levels, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. The January Sentiment figure was just 0.2 Index-points below December's, and just 1.1 points below the 2017 average of 96.8—which was the highest yearly average since 2000, said
ROYAL OAK - Michigan Science Center CEO Dr. Tonya Matthews will announce she is Mistress of Ceremonies for IoT TechConnect. Comcast Executive Director Vito Forienza will discuss Winter Olympics Coverage. Lawrence Tech’s Director Of BFA Game Art Marshall Ashton will explain a 48-hour video game design marathon. Kyyba Accelerator CEO Tel Ganesan will announce an
TROY - Michigan Science Center President and CEO Dr. Tonya Matthews will serve as Mistress of Ceremonies for IoT TechConnect on April 4 at the Troy Marriott. This one-day event will focus on Internet of Things (IoT) companies, experts and training in Michigan. PlanetM, an initiative of the Michigan Economic Development Corp., is the title
DETROIT – LIFT, or Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow, announced this week that Chris Conrardy has been named as the institute’s interim executive director. Conrardy, chief technology officer and vice president for strategic initiatives at EWI, succeeds Larry Brown, who had served as the executive director since 2014. The ALMMII Board of Directors is currently conducting
LANSING - Total utility customers participating in electric choice programs in 2017 were down from the previous year, as were the number of cable subscribers in the state, according to a pair of annual reports released Thursday. The Public Service Commission released its yearly Status of Electric Competition in Michigan and Status of Competition for
