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Inteva Products Selects Sight Machine For Manufacturing Analytics

SAN FRANCISCO - Sight Machine, developer of a manufacturing analytics platform, announced Tuesday that Inteva Products, a global automotive supplier of engineered components and systems, has selected its manufacturing analytics solution to deploy in Inteva factories. Inteva Products is a spin-off from Delphi and its headquarters is in Troy. Sight Machine is a start-up with

By |2015-05-21T00:00:00-04:00May 21st, 2015|Archive, New Products|

American’s Don’t Trust Government Or Corporations With Their Privacy

SAN FRANCISCO - Americans don't trust government or corporations with their privacy, Pew Survey says. Technically Incorrect: Only 6 percent of adults say they are "very confident" that government agencies will keep their records secure. We cheerily give away our personal information every day. Often, we don't even know where it ends up or who

By |2015-05-21T00:00:00-04:00May 21st, 2015|Archive, Guest Columns|

Google, Apple Among Tech Giants Urging US To Support Encryption

SAN FRANCISCO - Tech companies, along with security experts, say President Obama should protect user data, putting them in direct competition with the country's top law enforcement officials that may want access to that data. Some of the technology industry's largest companies have applied pressure on President Obama over the issue of data encryption. A

By |2015-05-21T00:00:00-04:00May 21st, 2015|Archive, Guest Columns|

Gongwer Reports How Much Each State Department Gets In New Budget

LANSING - Gongwer News Service reported how each much each department and major budget area would get from the General Fund in the signed framework from the 2015-16 fiscal year General Fund. Agriculture and Rural Development: $43,073,600 Attorney General: $37,013,400 Budget Stabilization Fund: $95,000,000 Civil Rights: $12,949,700 Community Colleges: $131,110,800 Corrections: $1,903,948,400 Education: $74,898,700 Environmental

By |2015-05-21T00:00:00-04:00May 21st, 2015|Archive, Politics|

Russian, Chinese, Japanese Teams Dominate International Collegiate Programming Contest

NEW YORK - At the finals of the 2015 ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, St. Petersburg National Research University of IT, Mechanics and Optics placed first, the only competitor to solve all the problems to win the contest. Second place went to Moscow State University, followed by the University of Tokyo in third place. Two

By |2015-05-21T00:00:00-04:00May 21st, 2015|Archive, New Products|

Hamtramck High Teams Sweep Top Spots In ESD’s Engineering SMArT Michigan Home Design Event

SOUTHFIELD - Three teams from Hamtramck High School swept the top three spots Thursday in The Engineering Society of Detroit's Engineering SMArT Michigan competition, held at Lawrence Technological University. A total of 20 members of the top four finalist teams received $30,000 scholarship offers from Lawrence Technological University at the event. The winning team, "Energy

By |2015-05-21T00:00:00-04:00May 21st, 2015|Archive, Engineering Society of Detroit|

Michigan House Panel Discusses Bill Exploring Energy Transmission Connecting Peninsulas

LANSING - The Michigan House Energy Policy Committee on Wednesday took testimony on a bill that would create a seven-member board to consider a project that would create transmission lines connecting the Upper and Lower Peninsulas in the state to solve the problem of the U.P. relying on out-of-state providers. The bill (HB 4575) would

By |2015-05-21T00:00:00-04:00May 21st, 2015|Archive, Politics|

Central And West Michigan Revving Up Economy For Summer

 GRAND RAPIDS - As Michigan emerges from a tough and long winter, the state economy is improving, Comerica reported. While the strong dollar has started to hit manufacturers' export sales, vehicle demand remains firm and near its cyclical high, driving high-paying jobs in the region. Low gasoline prices will contribute to regional tourism, as fishing

By |2015-05-21T00:00:00-04:00May 21st, 2015|Archive, New Products|