BURLINGAME, CALIF. - Architect William McDonough has built an international reputation as a sustainable design visionary. Among his better known accomplishments: He re-designed Ford Motor's River Rouge factory with a 10-acre green roof, built a grassy-roofed building near San Francisco for retailer Gap, and created furniture-maker Herman Miller's GreenHouse offices. Now McDonough is pushing to
ANN ARBOR - On June 4, five innovation-based entrepreneurs will compete in Ann Arbor SPARK's business plan competition, hosted in conjunction with EIC, the Eastside Innovation Campus. The competition winner, as judged by a panel of noted funding and business experts, will win prizes to support their venture, including a one year incubator lease at
NEW YORK - IBM is apologizing for handing out USB drives at a security conference in Australia this week that had malware on them. The thumb drives were distributed for free to people who walked up to the IBM booth at the AusCERT conference, CNET News.Com reported. "Unfortunately we have discovered that some of these
OXFORD - Relume Technologies announces the release of its VUE family of LED street lights. The product line includes the VUE 150, designed for local streets and neighborhoods, the VUE 250, intended for roadways, and the VUE 400, intended to light highways. Relume's new street and roadway lights combine the latest in LED system electronics,
LANSING - While many Michigan business owners struggle to find their footing under a prolonged economic fog, local winemakers have taken a "glass half full approach" to the recession, saying the economy has actually contributed to increased sales of state-produced wines. With the unique Great Lakes climate, soil and water and the most supportive laws
DETROIT - Just a reminder that the ESD Member Benefits Open House is Tuesday, May 25th at ESD Headquarters from 5:00 ? 7:00 p.m. This is a free networking event that will highlight the many benefits and activities of Membership in The Engineering Society of Detroit. We will have Member Benefits Exhibits such as Olympia
FLINT - Kettering University's approach for teaching students how to become innovators and entrepreneurs has been awarded a $1,651,000 grant from the Wisconsin-based Kern Family Foundation. The five-year grant seeks to build American prosperity by shaping a new generation of entrepreneurial-minded engineers. Kettering President Stan Liberty said he is grateful to the Kern Family Foundation
GRAND RAPIDS - Grand Valley State University is home to a variety of intellectual and technical resources that may be helpful to businesses. Now, those business owners, entrepreneurs and others can find those resources in one location, thanks to a new website launched in May. "Grand Valley has one of the most comprehensive business support
GRAND RAPIDS - The Michigan Small Business Technology Development Center has helped create the greatest number of jobs among the participants in the 21st Century Jobs Fund capital investment program, according to figures from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. Some 284 jobs in Michigan have been created by clients of the MI-SBTDC, which is housed
EAST LANSING - The Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest business plan competition will culminate with a golf outing and an evening awards event at the Forrest Akers Golf complex at Michigan State University on June 10. Winners in all categories of the competition will be announced. GLEQ will be presenting up to $250,000 in awards -