WARREN - The day when U.S. Soldiers will drive "smart-armor" vehicles that tell occupants when they are damaged has moved closer to reality. Scientists at the U.S. Army Tank Automotive, Research, Development and Engineering Center have been awarded military funding to develop the crucial technology needed to support the system. TARDEC Research Scientist Thomas Meitzler
ANN ARBOR ? Nonprofit Enterprise At Work and Online Tech have announced they are continuing their partnership through 2013. Online Tech has been a Community Partner with NEW since 2007. In the challenging environment that exists today individuals and businesses need to stretch resources and learn to do more with less. Nonprofits face these same
LANSING - The Michigan State Housing Development Authority and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation Wednesday announced the winners of the "Why I Choose Michigan" essay contest. The contest helped kick off the recent launch of PureMichiganLiving.com, a new Web site featuring the people, places and things that make Michigan a great place to live, work
ANN ARBOR - Taking advantage of new options for network connectivity to the Internet2 national research and education Network, the Great Plains Network announced it will double its network connectivity on behalf of its member universities by adding a second 10 Gigabit connection to the Internet2 Network. This connectivity will provide the additional capacity needed
DETROIT - Zhiguo Du, James A. Sheridan and Laura E. Tedesco have joined Butzel Long as associate attorneys. Du focuses on International Business Transactions, Tax Planning and the China Practice. Sheridan concentrates his practice on business litigation and Tedesco's practice focuses on corporate law. Based in Butzel Long's Detroit office, Du's practice focuses on International
PLYMOUTH - A number of recent studies now confirm that high-intensity discharge headlamps offer significant safety advantages over halogen headlights, according to Hella, a leading supplier of automotive lighting and electronics. Steffen Pietzonka, vice president of Marketing for Hella's Lighting business unit, said that HID headlamps offer several significant safety advantages. First of all, HID
HOLLAND - Software appliance maker Crayon Interface on Tuesday introduced a new product called Copilot that monitors the driving behavior of teenagers through a telematics solution that works with Blackberry, Windows Mobile, iPhone, Android and Java phones. Copilot is an easy to install device that plugs into a standard port found in all vehicles built
ANN ARBOR - SRT Solutions co-founder Bill Wagner and senior consultants Darrell Hawley and Patrick Steele were recently awarded Most Valuable Professional by Microsoft; Wagner has previously earned MVP status three times, Steele seven times and Hawley once before. What's more, Wagner will serve as the Microsoft regional director for Michigan, a re-appointment to the
TRAVERSE CITY - Appia Communications Tuesday announced that it has been listed for the second straight year on the MSPmentor 100, an annual global ranking of the technology industry's top managed service providers. Appia provides managed communication and networking services to businesses and organizations nationwide. MSPmentor, produced by Nine Lives Media Inc., is an online
AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems, which provides manufacturing ERP software, announced Thursday it has added features that enhance its production scheduling functionality. In the Advanced Planning and Scheduling module, also known as Finite Scheduling, Plex Online users can now create a variety of scheduling scenarios. They can pull scheduling parameter reports that show all jobs,