ANN ARBOR - Renaissance Venture Capital DEI UnDemo Day® will bring together some of the region’s top early-stage companies and technologies for a virtual event with venture capital investors from around the country. Chris Rizik, who manages the Renaissance Fund, provides the back story in this video interview. He said this is the first UnDemo
MOUNTAIN VIEWS, Ca. - Meta may be the loudest company building AR and VR hardware. Microsoft has HoloLens. Apple is working on something, too. But don’t count out Google. The search giant has recently begun ramping up work on an AR headset, internally codenamed Project Iris, that it hopes to ship in 2024, according to
DETROIT - In the summer of 2019, Alauda Aeronautics and Airspeeder Founder, Matt Pearson outlined a vision to create the most exciting next generation motor sport on the planet. In doing so, accelerating the arrival of the flying car mobility revolution we have been promised for generations. Since then, a dedicated team of engineers, technical
CLARE—Advanced Battery Concepts LLC, the Clare-based company bringing advanced technologies to the lead-acid batteries long used in automotive applications, has announced an agreement with Englewood, Colo.-based GreenCore EV Services LLC to supply its GreenSeal batteries for an estimated 10,000 solar electric vehicle charging stations by the end of the decade. The ABC GreenSeal technology represents
SOUTHFIELD—For the fifth straight year and 15th time in the past 20 years, a team from St. John Lutheran School in Rochester earned first place in the Michigan Regional Future City Competition, conducted by The Engineering Society of Detroit. A total of 14 middle school teams from around Michigan participated in the virtual event. Future
STERLING HEIGHTS—StradVision, a South Korean vision processing technology company for autonomous vehicles and driver-assistance systems, announced it has established a North American headquarters in Sterling Heights in order to develop new market opportunities in the United States. In making the announcement, StradVision CEO Junhwan Kim announced COO Sunny Lee is relocating to Michigan from South
ROCHESTER HILLS—Fanuc America, a supplier of robotics and factory automation, introduced the new M-1000iA robot capable of handling very heavy products including automotive components, construction materials and battery packs for electric vehicles. The M-1000iA’s serial-link construction gives the robot a wider range of motion in every direction. It can extend its arm upright or rotate it backwards,
ZEELAND—ODL Inc., the Zeeland-based doorglass manufacturer, announced the acquisition of Verre Select, a specialty glass company in Quebec, Canada, merging two of North America’s leading doorglass suppliers. “Today is a very exciting day for the Verre Select team, as we have taken the bold step to protect our future growth by partnering with ODL, the
DETROIT - Most people want to find a job that keeps up with inflation and provides some level of work-life flexibility, but they also want to be happy. After all, most Americans spend at least eight hours a day working — and often without paid time off. It’s the $125,000 question in an increasingly unpredictable labor
BOULDER, Co – One of the most common misconceptions about remote jobs is that they can be performed from anywhere the worker chooses. In reality, around 95% of remote jobs include a geographic requirement, such as a particular city, state, or country. To help job seekers find remote jobs that can be performed from anywhere
