DETROIT - A one-week training program is now offered to middle and high school STEM teachers to expose them to valuable lessons in physical science and chemistry, from an engineering perspective, to use for new STEM courses in their schools or to integrate into existing curricula. The program is offered through Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow
ANN ARBOR - A new crowdfunding campaign is aimed at helping transform a vacant 3,200 square foot building on the Detroit Community Schools campus into the Brightmoor Maker Space, a place for youth and adults to build their creative making skills and incubate business ideas. The project was launched on the Michigan-based crowdfunding platform
ANN ARBOR - Saturday is the Ann Arbor Mini Maker Faire at the Washtenaw Community College Morris Lawrence Building. There is no cost to attend, but everyone is asked to register. When you are at the faire, make sure to look down at the ground (or in front of you!) as you walk around. There
DEARBORN - Maker Faire Detroit returns to The Henry Ford in July with new makers already confirmed, a new outdoor midway location and new craft partners Handmade Toledo for the family-friendly event showcasing the amazing work of makers of all ages. MITechNews.Com is a sponsor and will be at the event to hear your Maker
REDMOND, Wa. - Microsoft offered another tantalizing look at its HoloLens headset, as it aims to turn your living room and workplace into a living, breathing desktop. The world's largest software company saved the best for last during the keynote presentation at its Build 2015 developer conference, closing a three-hour parade of demonstrations and speeches
SOUTHFIELD - Eighty robotics teams that have advanced from nine Michigan qualifying events will compete in the Robofest Michigan Championship at Lawrence Technological University on May 2. The opening ceremony in the Ridler Field House on the campus at 21000 West 10 Mile Road will be at 9 a.m., and the awards ceremony will be
ANN ARBOR - The Ann Arbor Mini Maker Faire is now accepting entries for the Faire set for June 6 at the Washtenaw Community College Morris Lawrence Building. There is no cost to exhibit at the Faire. Notification of acceptance will be on a rolling basis. Ann Arbor Mini Maker Faire 2015: Saturday June 6,
ANN ARBOR - MITechNews.Com Editor Mike Brennan talk about Pure Michigan�s very successful ad campaign, Tech Jobs in Washtenaw County, Makers Movement, a new section at MITechNews.Com. To listen, click on MITechNews.Com
ANN ARBOR - Jeff Zhang, an undergraduate at the University of Michigan in the School of Information, also is an entrepreneur. He's mentored by Nancy Benovich Gilby, the school's Ehrenberg Director of Entrepreneurship, a serial entrepreneur herself who has guided eight companies over her career to successful exits. Zhang is developing a project that