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LANSING - Video surveillance of businesses is a rapidly growing market, and state lawmakers Thursday passed a bill revising the rules so that small firms can have camera systems installed without an electrical inspection. HB 4654 and HB 4655, sponsored by Reps. Michele Hoitenga (R-Manton) and Beth Griffin (R-Mattawan), would allow small security camera systems
WARREN - Nineteen students from southeast Michigan high schools received scholarships totaling $29,000 from the Winning Futures Award Celebration. Scholarship winners came from Canton High School, Cass Technical High School, Community High School, Cornerstone Health + Technology High School, Madison High School, Warren Mott High School, and Western International High School. The finalists were chosen
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan will launch a new financial aid program for in-state students that offers a "Go Blue Guarantee" of free tuition for up to four years for students with family income of up to $65,000. The new program—which includes families earning up to what is roughly the state's median income—will
MARSHALL - For the fourth consecutive year, the team from Université Laval in Quebec, Canada, placed first at the Society of Automotive Engineers Supermileage student competition, recording the highest ever fuel economy results for the event, achieving 4,113 miles per gallon. A total of 16 collegiate teams (11 from the U.S. and 5 from Canada)
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Monday June 12, auto expert David Cole, chairman of Auto Harvest, will update listeners on the latest auto tech trends. Tember Shea of Inforum will interview Alexa Jones, CEO of TheraB Medical, a East Lansing startup working to launch its first product, SnugLit. SnugLit is a wearable, portable solution
ROYAL OAK - The Great Lakes Drone Racing Cup is the first large scale drone race in the Midwest that will be held at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids in July. Quadcopters will fly indoors at speeds of up to 80 miles per hour. Cash prizes and trophies will be awarded. And Drone
ROYAL OAK – On M2 TechCast Monday cybersecurity expert Dan Lohrmann will talk about physical attacks, including Manchester, England. Michigan Science Center CEO Tonya Matthews will discuss her STEM summer outreach plans. Tech248 Co-Founder Irene Spanos will interview 365 Retail Markets CEO Joe Hessling and COO John Chidiac. Drone Law Pro Enrico Schaefer will announce the 10
DETROIT - Southeast Michigan’s Connected and Automated Vehicles network is burgeoning, with 351 organizations identified, including automotive, software, legal, construction, government and manufacturing. The report also found nearly 1,400 relationships already developed between these organizations, a significant sign that a healthy, collaborative climate is being fostered in the region – a dynamic vital to long-term
DETROIT - For the eighth consecutive year, demand for advanced manufacturing workers in Michigan increased, this time by 19 percent from October 2016 through March 2017. Online job postings increased from 29,090 to 34,836, according to a new report from LIFT - Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow. More than 700,000 professionals now work in light weighting-related
DETROIT - Rick Beckers of CloudTech1 and Mike Brennan of MiTechNews share their vision for IoT Tech Connect Conference. The gathering planned for this October will highlight what’s happening with the Internet of Things market in Southeast Michigan, including autonomous vehicles, bio-agriculture, tourism and travel, biotech and life sciences, as well as efforts to develop the talent to
