OTTAWA, Ontario ? A new study released Wednesday contends that $7 billion has been spent on asset renewal and infrastructure improvements in the bi-national Great Lakes-St. Lawrence shipping system, more than $100 million Michigan on ports, terminals and waterways. The investment survey, compiled by maritime trade consultants, Martin Associates, tallies US$ 6.9 billion in capital
DETROIT ? Johnson Controls is expanding its automotive battery offerings by introducing a Lithium Titanate battery to power Advanced Start-Stop vehicles. ?Johnson Controls is pursuing opportunities to develop evolutionary low-voltage energy storage systems that will help our customers meet increasing fuel regulations at a lower cost than a hybrid or electric vehicle,? said Lisa Bahash,
TROY - Altair announced that John Calabrese, former General Motors Vice President of Global Vehicle Engineering, will join a newly formed board of directors for Altair ProductDesign, a wholly owned subsidiary focused on product development, enterprise solutions, and customer site services. The board has been established for the U.S.-based entity, but will guide all Altair
SOUTHFIELD - BullsEye announced Wednesday the appointment of Douglas Black, who joins the executive team as Vice President of Operations. With 24 years of experience in the telecom and tech industries, Black?s new role will focus on operational and performance-driven improvement. Working closely with both the Deployment and Provisioning departments, Black?s new role will cultivate
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - Worldwide market revenue increased 9.6% quarter over quarter, but declined -7.7% year over year in the third quarter of 2014.` The International Data Corporation Worldwide Enterprise Videoconferencing and Telepresence Equipment Qview showed mixed results in the third quarter of 2014 with overall videoconferencing equipment revenue increasing 9.6% compared to the second quarter,
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - According to a new mobile phone forecast from the International Data Corporation Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, worldwide smartphone shipments will reach a total of nearly 1.3 billion units in 2014, representing an increase of 26.3% over 2013. But looking ahead, IDC expects 1.4 billion smartphones to be shipped worldwide in 2015
SOUTHFIELD - We are buried with hype about the Internet of Things, Machine to Machine, cloud and big data. Find out what the future holds as we continue to see more devices capturing, collecting, and reporting data somewhere, somehow, and to someone. How will you be impacted? What should you know and care about, and
ANN ARBOR - Three University of Michigan researchers have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors. Election to NAI Fellow status is a professional distinction given to academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life,
DEARBORN ? With Sync 3, Ford is raising its game to support Android Auto and CarPlay eventually, but for now it's introducing a completely new version of its venerable Sync system. Introduced way back in 2007 in partnership with Microsoft, Sync was intended to make cars smarter. And not just the expensive ones, CNET reported.
DETROIT - ardentCause L3C, a Southeast Michigan woman-founded and woman-led technology company, was recently selected to provide data and analysis in support of ongoing, crucial evaluation services for the new Detroit Head Start Early Childhood Innovation Fund. Programs are ramping up to provide more extensive services to young children and their families from birth until