DETROIT - Robert McGee, Engineering Society of Detroit executive director, talks about ESD during an interview at the MAIN event, a Lawrence Technology University student design contest the night before the North American International Auto Show started. McGee talks about how ESD is the Michigan coordinator for the Future Cities program where 39 student teams
DETROIT - Karl Daubmann, the Lawrence Tech University Dean of Architecture and Design, talks about the transportation design works, from designing cities to houses, games to transportation, giving LTU a range of students and disciplines. An emerging culture of DIY, innovations and ranges of manufacturing from cars, to buildings to electronics. Daubmann wanted to be
ROYAL OAK - Drones, CloudTech1, and hot technology at the North American International Auto Show will all be featured Monday Jan. 16 on M2 TechCast, which airs live from 3 to 4 pm. Drone law expert Enrico Schaefer will update FAA rules and regulations for commercial drone operators. Rick Beckers, CEO of CloudTech1, will announce
ROYAL OAK - Irene Spanos, Director of Economic Development and Community Affairs for Oakland County, provides details on a report about the state’s second largest country in 2016 in which 92 companies located or expanded into Oakland County, generating more than $780 million, creating more than 4,600 new jobs. She also pointed out more than
ROYAL OAK - Alexa Jones, co-founder and CEO of TheraB Medical, a Michigan State University spin-out, is an early stage wearable technology for infant jaundice. This medical device, available in hospitals and for home care, uses light to treat infant jaundice, that affects up to 60 percent of new borns. The product, Snuglit, has the
ROYAL OAK - There’s a novel way for Michigan to increase tax revenue by legalizing recreational use of cannabis. Were cannabis legal in Michigan in 2017, over $1 billion would be generated by the business in Michigan, and some $221 million in tax revenue, so says Peter Schwartz with Supported Intelligence, part of the Anderson
ROYAL OAK - Backup as a Service and Disaster Recovery as a Service are two new buzzwords that have entered the tech lexicon. Robert Tessanne, vice president Cloud & Technology Solutions for Red Level Networks, explains the advantages of both in this segment of M2 TechCast. “BaaS” (Backup as a Service) and “DRaaS" (Disaster Recovery
ROYAL OAK - Dusty Welsh co-founded Cause Activators LLC a website that helps match non-profits to businesses - people, planet and profits is its triple bottom line. Inforum’s Tember Shea interviews her in this segment of M2 TechCast. CauseActivators.Com allows businesses to register, log in and search for opportunities available. Non-profits are screened before they
ROYAL OAK - Cobo Center has spent $2 million to upgrade its Wi-Fi network, with some 400 different access points, that will handle 32,000 individual sessions simultaneously. Claude Molinari, general manager of SMG/Cobo Center, talks about what this will mean for the North American International Auto Show in January, with the first test coming during
ROYAL OAK - Diva Tech Talk’s Kathleen Norton-Schock interviews Cindy Warner, who's been doing exciting things lately. A former executive with IBM, and Salesforce.Com, Cindy is now the founder of 360ofme.com. Its mission is to enable a consumer to house and share their overall digital footprint. In today’s world with onboard car data, IoT, health care records and
