HOLLAND ? Crayon Interface, which provides mobile monitoring and control, has partnered with door-lock maker Schlage to provide homeowners the power to remotely control and monitor access to their home 24/7 with any web-enabled mobile phone or computer. Crayon Interface?s remote access platform, called Moshi, provides networking capabilities to devices in both home and small
ANN ARBOR - DTE Energy and the University of Michigan are challenging teams from Michigan colleges and universities to develop the best business plans for bringing new clean energy technologies to market. The teams with winning ideas will share $100,000 in prize money, to be awarded in the spring of 2009 to help move clean
ADA - About half the adults in Michigan say they struggle to make everyday choices to be healthy and live well, far below the national average of 93 percent. The two main barriers preventing them from doing so are lack of time and the cost associated with eating a balanced diet, contends the Amway Global
WASHINGTON DC - Current polls show the race between Barack Obama and John McCain to be incredibly close. So how will this historic election influence America's standing in the global economy and its ability to compete? What specific policies will the new administration pursue, and how will they affect America's entrepreneurs and business owners? A
SOUTHFIELD - L. Brooks Patterson, Oakland County Executive, on Oct. 1 will provide his viewpoint on the present situation in Michigan; identify the impediments preventing development and growth in the region and discuss various programs to help businesses grow and succeed at the Engineering Society of Detroit monthly meeting. Attendees will gain a better understanding
LANSING - Saying firms she intends to meet on a Japan trade trip are keenly interested in Michigan's potential as a center of alternative energy, Governor Jennifer Granholm said Thursday she expects to begin her trip Monday with an agreement in hand on an energy package that includes a renewable energy portfolio standard. Whatever agreement
LANSING - Despite worries that Hurricane Ike could drive gasoline prices to as much as $7 a gallon, Governor Jennifer Granholm said at a late Friday press conference that the state has ample supplies of gasoline, that prices should not spike and that any examples of price gouging will be prosecuted. People in the state
LANSING - A report released by the House Fiscal Agency recently said the state's change from the Michigan Merit Award to the Michigan Promise Grant, which separates out financial aid to students based on finishing their coursework instead of giving them a lump sum at the start of their freshman year of college, could bring
DEWITT - The Corn Marketing Program of Michigan and AHL-TECH, the creators of an alternative-fuel hybrid locomotive, will be attending the Clean Transportation Expo and Awards Gala September 24 at the Rock Financial Showplace in Novi. Presenters of some of the most cutting-edge transportation innovations will be available to answer questions about their projects and
NEW YORK - A United Nations agency is quietly drafting technical standards, proposed by the Chinese government, to define methods of tracing the original source of Internet communications and potentially curbing the ability of users to remain anonymous. The U.S. National Security Agency is also participating in the IP Traceback drafting group, named Q6/17, which