WARREN - Manufacturers, contractors, installers and facility management professionals will come together to leverage the latest technology advancements, examine showcase of Michigan-made lighting products. The Michigan Advanced Lighting Conference features the Michigan Solid State Lighting Association Annual Symposium December 3 from 8 a.m. ? 6 p.m. at the Electrical Industry Training Center 2277 East 11
ANN ARBOR - The Omnia Group and the AutoHarvest Foundation announced that the AutoHarvest.org public facing website is now translated into 5 languages: Chinese, English, French, German and Italian. The two organizations expanded access to millions in their native language to the AutoHarvest ecollaboration marketplace for advanced manufacturing intellectual property. Within the AutoHarvest ecosystem, innovators
WATERFORD - HistoSonics and its Vortx Rx medical device which uses sound energy to treat tissue inside the body without the need for traditional surgery is the Medical Main Street INNO-VATOR of the Year. The award will be given to the Ann Arbor-based company on Thursday during INNO-VENTION 2013 ? a Medical Main Street conference,
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Google has expanded its bug-bounty program to cover vulnerabilities uncovered in Android. The program began with Chrome and expanded to Google Web sites and other open-source software projects. Under the program, people who find security holes get paid bounties. That often equates to a few hundred dollars, but particularly skilled attacks
WASHINGTON DC - Could online privacy one day be a thing of the past as we share more and more details about ourselves through social networks? Vint Cerf certainly believes that privacy will become much harder to ensure. The father of the Internet spoke Tuesday about online privacy at a US Federal Trade Commission workshop
WASHINGTON DC - Three US senators with access to confidential NSA information don't see the agency's data-gathering methods as necessary to ensure US security. On Tuesday, Senators Mark Udall (D-Colorado), Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), and Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico) filed an amicus brief on behalf of a lawsuit filed by several organizations that claims the National
EAST LANSING - The Michigan Association of Conservation Districts recognized four state legislators during the MACD Annual Convention held in Big Rapids. More than 200 attendees recognized Senator Booher, Senator Casperson, Senator Green and Representative McBroom for their outstanding support of natural resource conservation, Michigan?s private forestland resource and Michigan?s Conservation Districts within the state
ROCHESTER - Chrysler Group will host the Michigan Council of Women in Technology?s eighth annual black-tie Signature Gala on Nov. 23. Event proceeds will benefit the MCWT Foundation, an organization dedicated to inspiring and supporting women entering and staying in information technology careers. ?At Chrysler, we believe it is our diversity of talents and perspectives
GRAND RAPIDS - Grand Angels Wednesday announced its fifth funding commitment of 2013, investing in Ambiq Micro, a leader in ultra-low power integrated circuits. Grand Angels invested alongside venture capital firms Austin Ventures, ARM, Mercury Fund, Huron River Ventures and other investors in the $10 million Series B funding round. How much Grand Angels invested
DETROIT - Media Genesis worked with the Detroit Jewish News Foundation to launch a site that promotes the digital archive of more than 70 years of the Detroit Jewish News. In 2002, a fire destroyed nearly all of the print archives of the Detroit Jewish News. In 2011, The Detroit Jewish News Foundation was formed