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LANSING - The collapse of the Michigan Department of State's project to consolidate and improve its technology systems for renewal of license plates and watercraft registration became so severe that 75 percent of vehicles no longer could have their plates or registrations renewed online, leading to the department's unveiling Tuesday of a temporary backup online
ANN ARBOR - Long-time non-profit business executive, Diane Durance, has been named as the Executive Director for Mi-Light, a photonics industry group. The announcement was made Tuesday, but Durance assumed her duties at the beginning of February. She will be in charge of marketing communications, managing membership and Board of Directors meetings, recruiting new members
ANN ARBOR - Join the North Campus Research Complex for the 2016 Michigan Robotics Day webinar today co-hosted by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences and the University of Michigan from 9 am to 1:30 pm. Experience the cutting-edge advances made by Michigan robotics’ companies and research organizations, hear from leading minds in the field,
FLINT - The city of Flint has filed a notice of intent to sue the state of Michigan for the actions of the Department of Environmental Quality that led to the water crisis afflicting the city. The notice was filed March 24 in the Michigan Court of Claims, one day after Flint Mayor Karen Weaver
FERNDALE - On M2 TechCast Monday April 4 interviews and news including Rave Computers’ Mobilebeast amped up workstations, plus updates on Motor City Connect, Automation Alley and the Michigan Small Business Development Center. Automation Alley COO Tom Kelly kicks off the live Internet radio show at 3 pm when he talks about about 7Cs, Automation
DETROIT - DTE Energy received approval from the Detroit City Council Tuesday to develop one of the largest urban solar power arrays in the country on a 10-acre vacant parcel of land in Detroit at the former O'Shea Park, near Interstate 96 and Greenfield Road. The project will generate more than $1 million in tax revenue
ANN ARBOR - More than 700 miles of shoreline in lakes Huron and Michigan are potentially vulnerable to oil spills if a 63-year old pipeline beneath the Straits of Mackinac ruptures, according to a new University of Michigan computer-modeling study released Thursday. Enbridge Line 5 pipeline moves up to 20 million gallons of light crude
DETROIT - Dr. Anil K Jain, Distinguished Michigan State University Professor, discussed his study "Hacking Mobile Phones Using 2 D Printed Fingerprints" and the future of biometrics including iris, face recognition and even palm identification. Click Here to Listen to Professor Jain
DETROIT - Rick Broida is the Internet Advisor Gadget Guy and noted Cheapskate. On a monthly basis Rick visits to talk about the latest in gadgetry. This month Virtual Reality is the hot topic with the release of the Samsung Galaxy VR headset. Rick also had valuable comments to make about using VPN (Virtual Private Network)
FERNDALE - Open Systems Technology Marketing Director Michael Lomonaco says there have been great changes on the profitability side of IT over the past couple of years. How products are used is vastly different, he said. Everything is coming from the cloud, meaning terms like “Infrastructure As A Service.” Who is driving all this consumption?
