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US House Disarms 2 NSA Surveillance Tactics

WASHINGTON DC - The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a measure late Thursday to disarm two of the National Security Agency's surveillance tactics. The House voted 293-123 in favor of an amendment to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act 2015 that would cut off funding for programs engineering security vulnerabilities in US-made tech products,

By |2014-06-23T00:00:00-04:00June 23rd, 2014|Archive, Cyber Defense|

Mitsubishi Electric Debuts FLEXConnectc Audio-Video Infortainment System

NORTHVILLE - Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America introduced its FLEXConnect audio-video bridging system. This next generation in-vehicle infotainment system provides flexibility for multiple displays and multiple content streams, allowing passengers to enjoy individual entertainment preferences. ?FLEXConnect is an exciting development for in-vehicle infotainment systems,? said Doug Ray, director, audio, video and communications, Mitsubishi Electric. ?Our new

By |2014-06-23T00:00:00-04:00June 23rd, 2014|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

LLamasoft Supply Chain Design Conference Breaks Registration Record

ANN ARBOR ? Llamasoft will host its fourth annual customer conference, SummerCon, at the Michigan League in Ann Arbor June 25-27 with more than 550 registrants gathering to learn and network, a record attendance. John Phillips, Senior Vice President of Customer Supply Chain and Global Go-to-Market for PepsiCo, Inc. will present a keynote address on

By |2014-06-23T00:00:00-04:00June 23rd, 2014|Archive, Events/Announcements|

ESD Recognizes Top Volunteers, Community Leaders In Annual Awards

SOUTHFIELD -The Engineering Society of Detroit presented several awards at its Annual Benefit Dinner June 18 at Cobo Center in Detroit. Christopher Webb, FESD, co-founder and volunteer director of The ESD Institute, received the organization?s highest award, the Horace H. Rackham Humanitarian Award, for his work in important public policy issues ? most recently, the

By |2014-06-20T00:00:00-04:00June 20th, 2014|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

State Hits More Than 300,000 Enrollees Under Expanded Medicaid Plan

LANSING - Michigan's expanded Medicaid eligibility plan, the Healthy Michigan plan, has gained more than 300,000 enrollees in about 11 weeks since it went live on April 1. Department of Community Health officials said the program had 301,645 enrollees on Wednesday. The state updates publicly the enrollee figures every Monday, and two days ago the

By |2014-06-20T00:00:00-04:00June 20th, 2014|Archive, Life Sciences/Biotech|

Report: Michigan Among Worst State Protecting Parents With Child Arrives

LANSING - A new state-by-state analysis shows how little the nation supports and protects working mothers and fathers when a new child arrives ? and Michigan is among the states with the worst records. The study, Expecting Better: A State-by-State Analysis of Laws That Help New Parents, is the most comprehensive analysis to date of

By |2014-06-20T00:00:00-04:00June 20th, 2014|Archive, Politics/Government|

SimuQuest Puts Data Management Software For Vehicle Controls At Ford

ANN ARBOR - SimuQuest announced the debut of its all new server-based version of UniPhi for centralized data and architecture management at the recent Mathworks Automotive Conference, providing a new level of automation in the design and development of model-based systems. "SimuQuest's UniPhi product has undergone a major transformation over the last three years due

By |2014-06-20T00:00:00-04:00June 20th, 2014|Announcements/New Products, Archive|