ROYAL OAK - The Mobile Technology Association of Michigan is looking for volunteers to work with the four Mobile Monday Michigan events around the state. MTAM is looking for help in Detroit, Grand Rapids, and Lansing. MTAM CEO Linda Daischendt provides the back story in this edition of M2 TechCast. MTAM represents some 3,000 tech
DETROIT - The newly-formed Southeast Michigan STEM Alliance, formed by the Michigan STEM Partnership, has just been selected to join the STEM Learning Ecosystems national initiative to make a significant impact on STEM education and workforce development. As announced at the U.S. News STEM Solutions National Leadership Conference on May 25, Southeast Michigan is one
DETROIT – Mobile Monday Detroit will explore connected transportation / mobility to help our audience understand what it means beyond the car. Expert speakers will discuss connected mobility as it applies to all modes of transportation, the infrastructure that facilitates the connection, the laws that regulate it, and the software that enables the connection. The
DETROIT – The Mobile Technology Association of Michigan (MTAM) is once again partnering with VisionMobile to seek developer input on the Developer Economics Q3 2017 survey. This is the thirteenth developer survey, focusing on tools, training and career development. Every year more than 40,000 developers around the world participate in this survey, so this is
NOVI - More than 800 technology professionals from Michigan met Wednesday at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi to hear Ford Motor Company President and CEO Jim Hackett and other business leaders discuss how mobility and connectivity are shaping the future. The executives explored the concept of “the Internet of Life,” where ubiquitous connectivity transforms lifestyles and
ANN ARBOR - Mobility researchers at the University of Michigan have devised a new way to test autonomous vehicles that bypasses the billions of miles they would need to log for consumers to consider them road-ready. The process, which was developed using data from more than 25 million miles of real-world driving, can cut the
HOWELL - The Michigan STEM Partnership announced Tuesday a joint initiative with the Mobile Technology Association and Inforum to collect and share videos from STEM professionals in order to enable student, parent and educator awareness of STEM careers and the opportunities they provide, and to encourage student participation in STEM careers. Known as the ‘Michigan
NOVI - Organizers announced the launch of registration for the second annual NHacks High School Hack-a-thon June 17 at the Flextech Academy in Novi. Hack-a-thons are 12 – 24 hour code marathons for developers to collaborate and innovate. In the case of nHacks, this event is designed to both expose students to the power of
GRAND RAPIDS - Mobile Monday Grand Rapids will tackle Big Data at the organization’s upcoming event on May 15 at Priority Health. Featured speaker will be Eric Kort, Research Scientist at the DeVos Cardiovascular Research Program of Spectrum Health and Van Andel Institute, and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Michigan State University. Kort will explore
BINGHAM FARMS - In Jacobs Media's new web study of radio listeners, a big story is how radio’s traditional listening locations – the home, the car, and the workplace – are undergoing change. From content consumed to new distribution outlets to emerging gadgetry, the traditional pattern of media usage and radio listening are changing – in
