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Cantilever Investors Building 3 Innovator Campuses In Ann Arbor Area

ANN ARBOR - Cantilever Investors created an innovation center campus in Ann Arbor and is set to open two more campuses, a second at Zeeb Road and I-94 and a third in Ypsilanti. Ann Arbor's campus focuses on Biotech, Zeeb campus on energy tech and Ypsilanti on Medical tech. Managing Partner Steve Tokarz explains how

By |2024-03-12T11:24:25-04:00March 12th, 2024|Entrepreneurs, mitechtv|

U M Helps Organize NSF Great Lakes Business Advisory Group

ANN ARBOR - The NSF I-Corps Hub: Great Lakes Region is part of the National Innovation Network, a national network of NSF-funded researchers from I-Corps Teams and Hubs. Working together, this network of thinkers addresses America’s need for innovation education. Long-time Michigan entrepreneurial influencer Diane Durance explains in the vide interview that to achieve the

By |2024-03-12T10:17:08-04:00March 12th, 2024|Entrepreneurs, mitechtv|

Automation Alley Industry 4.0 Second Playbook Published

TROY - Automation Alley has published the second playbook of the 2024 Integr8 Roundtable Series. The new digital playbook focuses on preparing a workforce for the needs of Industry 4.0 based on insights gathered at the Jan. 24 roundtable discussion, which featured participants representing technology, manufacturing, government and academia sectors. “The way companies make products

By |2024-03-12T11:39:30-04:00March 11th, 2024|Industry 4.0, mitechtv|

Shaping Skylines: How Digital Fabrication Revolutionizes Los Angeles Architecture

Architecture has always been a reflection of the times, a blend of art, science, and technology that materializes the cultural and environmental ethos of society. Across the globe, and particularly in the urban terrain of Los Angeles, the push towards digitalization has made an indelible mark on the industry. The use of digital fabrication techniques

By |2024-03-11T09:44:32-04:00March 11th, 2024|Guest Columns|

Researcher Develops Mug-Sized Water-Purification Device

AUSTIN - A researcher at The University of Texas at Austin has developed a mug-sized device that can clean water using only a small jolt of electricity. The device could be used to help get drinking water to people left stranded by extreme weather events. Dr. Donglei "Emma" Fan — an associate professor in the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering

By |2024-03-14T16:19:21-04:00March 11th, 2024|Featured, Science|

MiTM Phishing Attack Lets Attackers Unlock And Steal A Tesla

NEW YORK - Researchers demonstrated how they could conduct a Man-in-the-Middle (MiTM) phishing attack to compromise Tesla accounts, unlocking cars, and starting them. The attack works on the latest Tesla app, version 4.30.6, and Tesla software version 11.1 2024.2.7.Ph As part of this attack, security researchers Talal Haj Bakry and Tommy Mysk register a new 'Phone key' that could

By |2024-03-11T09:23:39-04:00March 11th, 2024|Cyber Defense|

Chinese EV Seagull Priced Below $10,000 Has Senators Urging Biden To Boost Import Tariffs

WASHINGTON DC - A group of US Senators has written to President Biden's administration to urge the increase of tariffs on Chinese cars, with the ultimate goal of stopping potential imports altogether. In the letter, Senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, and Sherrod Brown of Ohio, ask the Secretary of Commerce and the U.S. Trade

MIT Develops Battery-Free Tech That Draws Energy From Environment

BOSTON - Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have invented a device that operates without a battery or a plug — and sans dirty energy. "We have provided an example of a battery-less sensor that does something useful, and shown that it is a practically realizable solution. Now others will hopefully use our framework

By |2024-03-10T16:20:08-04:00March 10th, 2024|Science|

LIFT Signs Lease On New Advanced Manufacturing Facility In Puerto Rico

CAGUAS, Puerto Rico – LIFT, the Detroit-based Department of Defense national manufacturing innovation institute, today signed the lease on a 28,000 square foot facility located at the Lincoln Plaza in Caguas, Puerto Rico as a satellite of its Detroit headquarters. Similar to its work in Detroit over the last 10 years, LIFT will convene leading

By |2024-03-10T10:59:37-04:00March 10th, 2024|Industry 4.0|

Alien Spacecraft Construction Program Confirmed By Pentagon Report

Another push for us all to put our heads in the sky today as the Pentagon released a report from the AARO (The Department of Defense, All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office) reviewing classified U.S. government programs (back to 1945) that debunked ongoing speculation of UFOs, saying that it officially found no evidence of alien spacecraft, activity

By |2024-03-10T10:51:36-04:00March 10th, 2024|Guest Columns|