Announcements/New Products

123Net, Trivalent Group Partner To Double Fixed Wireless Internet Capacity At Grand Rapids Community College

GRAND RAPIDS – 123Net and Trivalent Group are teaming up to boost Grand Rapids Community College’s fixed wireless Internet capacity to 2 Gbps, one of 123Net’s highest capacity fixed wireless in West Michigan. “This deal is a win-win for all of the parties involved,” said Bob Evenson, Carrier Relations Manager at 123Net. “GRCC will continue

By |2018-06-14T15:17:16-04:00June 14th, 2018|Announcements/New Products, New Products / Contracts|

AT&T Upgrades Wireless Network Across Michigan

DETROIT — AT&T Inc. announced upgrades to its wireless network on more than a dozen cell sites all across Michgian, from metro Detroit to the Upper Peninsula. The improvements include adding greater capacity or bandwidth and speeds in Adrian, Ann Arbor, Brighton, Bloomfield Hills, Buchanan, Cheboygan, Manitou Beach, Morenci, Niles, Onaway, and Warren. * Adrian

By |2018-06-08T09:11:16-04:00June 7th, 2018|Announcements/New Products, New Products / Contracts|

Kraig Claims Breakthrough In Spider Silk Production

ANN ARBOR — Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc. announced what it called “a major breakthrough in the construction of DNA encoding for spider silk proteins.” Kraig has developed techniques to splice spider genes into silkworms, leading the silkworms to produce silk that has some of the high strength properties of spiderweb material. The new protocols were

By |2018-05-24T12:45:13-04:00May 24th, 2018|Announcements/New Products|

Esperion Announces Another Successful Trial Of Choelsterol Drug

ANN ARBOR — Esperion Therapeutics Inc. announced positive top-line results from the third of five pivotal Phase 3 studies expected to be reported this year to evaluate the efficacy in lowering so-called bad cholesterol. The tests were done on Esperion's, lead drug candidate, bempedoic acid, at a dose of 180 milligrams, vs. placebo in high-risk patients

By |2018-05-24T12:45:13-04:00May 24th, 2018|Announcements/New Products, Life Sciences|

ForeSee Launches New Version Of CX Suite

ANN ARBOR — The Ann Arbor customer relationship analysis firm ForeSee has introduced a new version of its ForeSee CX Suite. The company says the software helps companies turn customer feedback into concrete steps to improve customer satisfaction, and identifies which actions will provide the most help. The latest version of the ForeSee CX Suite

By |2018-05-24T12:23:23-04:00May 24th, 2018|Announcements/New Products, Apps|

Comcast Offers xFIPods To Spread WiFI Coverage Throughout The Home

DETROIT  – Comcast on Tuesday  announced the national availability of xFi Pods, small adaptive pods that plug into any electrical outlet, pair with either the xFi Wireless Gateway or the xFi Advanced Gateway, and help customers extend reliable WiFi coverage to hard to reach areas of their home. “Our gateway devices are incredibly powerful, but we

By |2018-05-22T19:43:54-04:00May 22nd, 2018|Announcements/New Products, IoT|

Plex Systems To Introduce App That Provides Extension To Plex Manufacturing Cloud

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

U-M, Great Lakes Health Connect Collaborate To Battle Opioid Abuse

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

Supported Intelligence Unveils AI Smart Speaker Application

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

Dematic Introduces Robotic Piece Picking Module

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