ANN ARBOR - The concept of building great things appealed to my roots as a Michigander. For generations the people of Michigan have engineered great automobiles and built magnificent office furniture. It is exciting to see how this expertise in product development is influencing a new era of technology development in the Midwest. I believe
DETROIT - IT In The D's next Pink Slip Party event is scheduled for September 17 at The Majestic Theater, where as many as a thousand people show up, including over a hundred and fifty recruiters, tons of people specifically looking for jobs, and a whole bunch of folks just looking to meet people in
DETROIT - With Labor Day past, get ready for Techonomy Detroit next Tuesday at Wayne State University - the fourth annual deep dive into the many ways tech is changing everything in our companies, our work, our cities, and our country. Today the changes come too fast for us not to study them constantly. So
SOUTHFIELD - Two veteran technology observers in Michigan are launching an Internet radio show this Monday, Sept. 14. The M Squared Techcast will premier at 3 p.m. Monday on the Podcast Detroit internet radio network, http://www.podcastdetroit.com. The show will be hosted by longtime Michigan tech journalists Mike Brennan and Matt Roush. Brennan has covered technology
EAST LANSING - A team of researchers, including some from Michigan State University, is making a smart material smarter in order to make a better antenna. Using a series of grants from the National Science Foundation, the team is manipulating a material known as vanadium dioxide, or VO2, making it useable in a size that
GLENVIEW, IL - A new survey says the majority of small business owners are concerned about breaches to their Internet and electronic security. As cyber security hacks have become an increasingly prevalent issue, 60 percent of small business owners said they are concerned enough that they are taking extra precautions including firewalls, offsite protected servers,
EAST LANSING - James Klausner, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Florida, has been named chair of the Michigan State University Department of Mechanical Engineering, effective Jan. 1, 2016. Klausner will replace Alejandro Diaz, who served as chair of the mechanical engineering department from 2009 to 2015. Diaz is now focused
LANSING - The Small Business Association of Michigan's national affiliate the National Small Business Association recently submitted comments warning against the Department of Labor's proposed rules on overtime pay. In addition to the massive threshold increase, NSBA also criticized the DOL's process for not allowing an appropriate time frame for stakeholders to properly study and
TRAVERSE CITY - Start earning sales revenue for your business with knowledge and resources from the Best Shot workshop October 1 from MidMichigan Innovation Center, SBDC and Traverse City area businesses. You'll hear from a seasoned business professional who will help you: Understand the benefits of going to market now. Determine your ideal customer,
SOUTHFIELD - Thylias Moss, an award-winning poet who has experimented with using computer technology to write poetry, will give a poetry reading on Sept. 25 as part of the conference, Network Detroit: Digital Humanities Theory and Practice, at Lawrence Technological University. The poetry reading, which is free and open to the public, will be at