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Stellar Broadband To Provide Gigabit Internet To Corktown Development

DETROIT—East Lansing-based Stellar Broadband announced that it would work with developers Hunter Pasteur, Forbes Co. and Oxford Capital Group LLC to deliver gigabit internet service to the new Detroit development Perennial Corktown. Perennial Corktown will include a seven-story apartment building with 188 studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom units, as well a seven-unit townhouse development at 10th

By |2023-01-11T11:19:30-05:00January 11th, 2023|ESD|

If You Are Planning Michigan Cannabis Events, Sparx & Recreation Wants To Help You Promote Them

ANN ARBOR - If your company is developing Michigan cannabis events for the first half of 2023, we want to hear from you at Sparx & Recreation. We are planning our second edition of the digital magazine that will feature cannabis events through June 30, and perhaps beyond. These events can be indoors or out.

By |2023-01-10T19:41:57-05:00January 6th, 2023|ESD, Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

Meijer First Retailer To Run All-Electric Tractor-Trailer Trucks In Cold Climate Areas

GRAND RAPIDS—Meijer Inc., the retail chain, announced that it had deployed two of the first all-electric tractor-trailer trucks outside California. Meijer operates one of the largest fleets in Michigan with 250 tractor-trailer trucks. It is also the first retailer in the United States also the first nationwide to track the performance of the Freightliner eCascadia

By |2022-12-19T15:15:04-05:00December 19th, 2022|ESD|

LTU’s Centrepolis Accelerator Gets Grant From Breakthrough Energy Partners

SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University’s Centrepolis Accelerator has received a $125,000 grant from the Kirkland, Wash.-based Breakthrough Energy Foundation for general operating support. The Centrepolis Accelerator is unusual among business accelerators in that it concentrates on companies manufacturing physical products, rather than services or software. It works with both startups and established small businesses. Several of its

By |2022-12-19T15:15:05-05:00December 19th, 2022|ESD|

Google Debuts End-To-End Encryption For Gmail

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA. - Google announced on Friday that it's adding end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to Gmail on the web, allowing enrolled Google Workspace users to send and receive encrypted emails within and outside their domain. Client-side encryption (as Google calls E2EE) was already available for users of Google Drive, Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Google Meet, and Google Calendar

By |2022-12-21T09:36:57-05:00December 19th, 2022|ESD, Featured|

LTU Hosts High School Students Dec 16 For DECA Business Competition

SOUTHFIELD - Lawrence Technological University is hosting the DECA challenge Friday Dec. 16 on the Southfield Campus attracting some 1000 of the top high school students to demonstrate the business knowledge and skills they learned in the classroom. DECA, formerly known as the Distributive Education Clubs of America, is an organization for emerging leaders in

By |2022-12-17T16:35:55-05:00December 12th, 2022|ESD|

NASA Awards Texas Company $57 Million To Build Base On Moon

WASHINGTON DC - NASA has awarded the Texas-based company ICON $57.2 million for its Project Olympus, which is working to develop technology that will allow humanity to build outposts on the moon and Mars using locally available dirt and rock. "To change the space exploration paradigm from 'there and back again' to 'there to stay,'

By |2022-12-10T16:24:39-05:00December 10th, 2022|ESD, Featured|

Industry 4.0 Conference Draws Big Crowd, Awards Big Checks

LATHRUP VILLAGE—Industry 4.0 is the catchall term for recent advances in computing power, data analysis, sensor technology, wireless data speed, and even battery technology—which combine to make it possible to use sensors and software to improve safety, quality, and productivity in manufacturing. Wednesday, well over 100 people gathered at The Mint conference center to hear

By |2022-12-08T13:01:07-05:00December 7th, 2022|ESD, Industry 4.0|

Toyota Debuts Prius Hybrids Amid Skepticism Of Its EV Strategy

DETROIT - Toyota Motor is not giving up on its flagship Prius hybrid anytime soon, despite investing billions in all-electric vehicles amid criticism it hasn’t moved fast enough into the emerging segment. The automaker late Tuesday revealed new versions of the Prius hybrid and Prius Prime, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. Both are considered “electrified” vehicles

By |2022-12-04T18:41:41-05:00December 4th, 2022|Auto Tech, ESD|