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IoT

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects, animals or people that are provided with unique identifiers and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction.

American Center For Mobility To Work With 15 Michigan Colleges, Universities To Train Automated Vehicle Talent

YPSILANTI TWP. - The American Center for Mobility will work with 15 colleges and universities across Michigan to create the Academic Consortium aimed at training next generation high-tech talent at its connected and automated vehicle technologies facility at the Willow Run airport.  ACM and the Academic Consortium will partner to create educational pathways to train

By |2017-10-22T15:49:27-04:00October 22nd, 2017|Autonomous Vehicles, IoT|
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Mobility Startups Join U-M Incubator To Pilot Autonomous, Connected Vehicle Innovations

ANN ARBOR - Five companies from across the country will test and develop mobility solutions with University of Michigan students as a part of U-M's TechLab at Mcity. TechLab is managed by U-M's Center for Entrepreneurship, in partnership with Mcity, a public-private partnership led by U-M to accelerate advanced mobility vehicles and technologies. Unlike traditional

By |2017-10-12T20:11:07-04:00October 12th, 2017|Autonomous Vehicles, IoT|
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Floodproofing Cities: U-M Professor Gets NSF $1.8 Million Grant To Develop Smart Stormwater Project

ANN ARBOR - Autonomous "smart" technologies for aging stormwater systems are being developed at the University of Michigan to lessen the impacts of flooding - potentially saving lives and billions of dollars in property damage. Thursday, the National Science Foundation awarded a $1.8 million grant to Branko Kerkez, an assistant professor in the U-M Department

By |2017-10-12T17:10:11-04:00October 12th, 2017|Clean Update, IoT|
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PC Sales Decline Worldwide For 12th Consecutive Quarter

STAMFORD, Conn. - For the 12th consecutive quarter, Personal Computer shipments declined worldwide. The latest downturn was for the third quarter of 2017, when 67 million units were shipped, down 3.6 percent from the year before. "While there were signs of stabilization in the PC industry in key regions, including EMEA, Japan and Latin America,

By |2017-10-12T14:00:33-04:00October 12th, 2017|IoT|
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Steve Case Talks Hot Technology Trends In Michigan

ANN ARBOR - In part two of this interview with AOL Co-Founder Steve Case, who currently is on his Rise of the Rest roadshow in Ann Arbor, Case talks about hot technologies in Michigan, including what he calls the Internet of Everything, Connected Tech, and Autonomous Vehicles. He's interviewed by MITechNews.Com Editor and Publisher Mike

By |2017-10-15T13:48:25-04:00October 11th, 2017|Autonomous Vehicles, IoT|
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Vectorform’s Vazzano Talks VR, AI, IoT And Digital Transformation

ROYAL OAK - Vectorform co-founder Jason Vazzano talks about his digital transformation company in Royal Oak that works with Amazon, Walt Disney and other big players to help them innovate, another of the Tech248 Member interviews conducted by Irene Spanos with Oakland County government. Vazzano’s company is a big player in the IoT (Internet of

By |2017-10-20T22:05:23-04:00October 10th, 2017|IoT, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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PlanetM Landing Zone Opens In Downtown Detroit To Promote Auto Mobility Startups

DETROIT - There’s a new co-working space in downtown Detroit and this one is focused on connecting mobility- and auto-focused startups. PlanetM Landing Zone officially opened Thursday. PlanetM is backed by the Detroit Regional Chamber, Michigan Economic Development Corp. and WeWork, a global co-working space group with 160 locations in 52 cities and 16 countries.

By |2017-10-06T12:14:03-04:00October 6th, 2017|Entrepreneurs, IoT|
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AOL Co-Founder Case Comes To Ann Arbor With $100K Purse For Pitch-Contest Winner

ANN ARBOR - AOL co-founder Steve Case is bringing his sixth Rise of the Rest startup road show to Ann Arbor Oct. 11 to shine a spotlight on what he calls a confluence of factors that are making it easier for startups to launch and create jobs and innovation in places like Ann Arbor, not

By |2017-10-06T12:15:09-04:00October 5th, 2017|Entrepreneurs, Featured, IoT|
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Self-Driving Trucks Will Need Mechanics, Technicians To Fix Them On The Road

LOUISVILLE - Self-driving vehicles are one of the latest and hottest trends in transportation leaving some business owners wondering what the future holds for all modes of transportation, including the trucking industry. In the past month, large deals have been struck between Waymo and Avis Budget Group for fleets of self-driving cars to be serviced

By |2017-10-06T12:16:23-04:00October 4th, 2017|Autonomous Vehicles, IoT|
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WNJ Update: Michael Brady Explains Auto OEM Directed-Buy Agreements

ROYAL OAK - If you are a tech company looking to sell your products to the auto makers, you need to become aware of a contract that may be used called a Directed-Buy Agreement. Michael Brady, who heads up the Warner Norcross & Judd Automotive Practice Group, said a Directed-Buy Agreement is when the auto

By |2017-10-06T12:19:20-04:00October 1st, 2017|IoT, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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