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LTU Summer Computer Camps, Michigan Celebrates Small Business, ITC’s Go The Distance Informal Learning Event, Warner’s Pension-Plan Replacements

ROYAL OAK - Lawrence Technological University’s Sabrina Collins will talk about the summer computer camps for high schools kids. MISBDC’s Joshua Marko will highlight the Michigan Celebrates Small Business Event in Lansing. Michigan Science Center’s Charles Gibson will explain what happened during the ITC Go the Distance On Informal Learning event. Warner Norcross + Judd’s

By |2018-04-27T14:51:40-04:00April 27th, 2018|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Michigan Science Center, ITC Go the Distance On Informal Learning

DETROIT - The Michigan Science Center and ITC Holdings Corp. will host a special Arbor Day program on Friday with schools throughout the state to highlight the museum’s new ECHO Distance Learning Program. ECHO, part of the Science Center's Traveling Science program, uses video conferencing to connect classrooms from any location with a museum educator

By |2018-04-26T09:55:34-04:00April 26th, 2018|Featured, STEAM|

$1 Million Omron Donation Creates Robotics, Human Factor Lab At UM-Dearborn

DEARBORN - A $1 million donation from Omron, a global leader in automation, will help fund the Omron Robotics and Human Factor Lab at the University Of Michigan-Dearborn’s Engineering Building. Ground breaking for the $90 million, 123,000 square foot building was held last Friday. Construction will begin in spring 2018. Once completed, the new ELB

FIRST Robotics World Championships In Detroit This Week

DETROIT – As more than 35,000 students descend on Detroit this week for what has become known as the Super Bowl for nerds, FIRST Robotics participants and spectators from near and far will get their chance to experience the people and products that move Michigan during the 2018 FIRST Robotics World Championships in Detroit. And while

By |2018-04-23T11:19:14-04:00April 23rd, 2018|Featured, IoT|

Diva Tech Talk, Entrepreneurial Alliance, DailyDetroit, Airfoil Tech Trends

ROYAL OAK – On M2 TechCast Monday at 2 pm, Kathleen Norton-Schock returns to update the latest interviews on Diva Tech Talk, and the latest happenings with Michigan Council of Women In Technology.  Oakland County Tech248’s Greg Doyle interviews Yerko Sepluveda, creator of BackBeat, who benefited from the Oakland Entrepreneurial Alliance.  Jeremiah Staes, Editor of

By |2018-04-20T14:09:41-04:00April 20th, 2018|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

DetroitFashionHackathon April 20-22 To Feature Fashion, Design, eCommerce

ROYAL OAK - Lori McColl is the founder of Whim Detroit, a technology consultancy that designs and implements leading edge digital platforms and operating models mobile apps supporting the future of how organizations will engage customers.  She tells her story to Tember Shea, Director of Inforum’s InGAGE program, on this segment of M2 TechCast. McColl

By |2018-04-19T08:51:13-04:00April 19th, 2018|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

MVCA Report: Dollar Amount Down, But Investments Up

ANN ARBOR — Investments were up, but the dollar volume was down. That was the story of the Michigan Venture Capital Association’s annual report on venture investing in Michigan, released Wednesday. The group fuond 68 startups received $179 million in venture capital investment in 2017. That’s up in terms of investments from 2016, when 54

By |2018-04-18T18:51:30-04:00April 18th, 2018|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Featured|

Norton-Schock Updates, Tech248 Interview, LTU Computer Camps, Customer-Centric Digital Marketing

ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast at 2 pm, Kathleen Norton-Schock returns to update the latest interviews on Diva Tech Talk, and the latest happenings with Michigan Council of Women In Technology.  At 2:15 pm Oakland County Tech248’s Greg Doyle interviews Yerko Sepluveda, creator of BackBeat, who benefited from the Oakland Entrepreneurial Alliance.  At 2:30

By |2018-04-13T11:39:05-04:00April 13th, 2018|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

AvidCor Wins $50,000 IoT Techconnect Pitch Competition

TROY - AvidCor, a Michigan startup that had been incubated at the Conquer Accelerator in East Lansing, won the $50,000 pitch contest at IoT TechConnect. AvidCor is a health technology company that will enable inexpensive and disposable, remote cardiac monitoring via a Bluetooth-connected smart device. The data the device collects can then be analyzed, an

By |2018-04-11T16:16:22-04:00April 11th, 2018|Featured, IoT|

Michigan Connected Vehicle Security Startup Karamba Security Raises $10 Million

BLOOMFIELD HILLS - Connected vehicle security startup Karamba Security Ltd. announced it has raised $10 million in another venture round that will be used to fund the acquisition of companies and technology to beef up its Autonomous Security portfolio. The money in this round came from Silicon Valley-based venture debt firm Western Technology Investment. Last May, Karamba, an Israeli

By |2018-04-11T15:48:15-04:00April 11th, 2018|Auto Tech, Autonomous Vehicles, Featured|