DETROIT – Plex Systems will introduce an app that works as a seamless extension of the Plex Manufacturing Cloud, enabling a manufacturer’s workforce to handle key business-critical shop floor and administrative responsibilities, as well as access and share relevant information real-time from mobile devices. Plex Systems develops cloud ERP and MES for manufacturing. Plex Mobile
ANN ARBOR - Great Lakes Health Connect is collaborating with the University of Michigan Acute Care Research Unit in expanding its real-time System for Opioid Overdose Surveillance. The pilot project began in Washtenaw County for its first year, and is now expanding to up to five more. Researchers hope to gain a better understanding of
ANN ARBOR – Supported Intelligence on May 15 unveiled its voice-enabled artificial intelligence application at the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium. The new application uses a “smart speaker” of the type that can be purchased for $100 or less and installed in homes and offices, and allows a user to conduct a short dialogue that solves
GRAND RAPIDS – Dematic has introduced its Robotic Piece Picking Module designed to improve accuracy and productivity during the last touch — the point where items of varying sizes and shapes are processed by hand — of the fulfillment process. Traditionally, the last touch has been a manual process, but the Robotic Piece Picking Module
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA. - Google Assistant, Google's rival to Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri and Microsoft's Cortana, sounds remarkably -- maybe even eerily -- human, pausing before responding to questions and using verbal ticks, like "um" and "uh." It says "mm hmm" as if it's nodding in agreement. It elongates certain words as though it's buying time to
DETROIT - SMG/Cobo Center’s revenue for technology services is up 58 percent compared to last year, despite the fact that WIFI remains free to visitors and event attendees, General Manager Claude Molinari announced this week. “Facility-wide free WiFi in Cobo Center differentiates us in the market, and has been free of charge since the installation
ANN ARBOR – Supply chain Software developer LLamasoft announced it has been named a GM Supplier of the Year for 2017. The award was presented to LLamasoft by General Motors during its Supplier of the Year awards held earlier this month in Florida. Award winners represent companies who provide products and services to General Motors
DEARBORN - A $1 million donation from Omron, a global leader in automation, will help fund the Omron Robotics and Human Factor Lab at the University Of Michigan-Dearborn’s Engineering Building. Ground breaking for the $90 million, 123,000 square foot building was held last Friday. Construction will begin in spring 2018. Once completed, the new ELB
SUNNYVALE, CA. – Osram Opto Semiconductors has expanded its Oslon Black family with six new infrared LEDs for automotive use. The 850 nm versions are intended for exterior applications, enhancing advanced driver assistance systems such as night vision, pedestrian protection and lane detection technologies. The new 940 nm versions are better suited for interior applications
GRAND RAPIDS — Meijer Inc. says it’s joining the roster of stores, including Kroger in the Detroit area, to offer customers a self-checkout system through hand-held devices. The devices allow users to scan bar codes on items as they shop and bag their groceries while they move through the store, decreasing checkout time. “Shop &
