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Comcast Connects More Than 13,000 Low-Income Detroiters Through Internet Essentials

DETROIT - On Wednesday, Comcast Corporation announced that its Internet Essentials program, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive high-speed Internet adoption program, has connected more than 13,000 low-income households benefitting more than 52,000 Detroiters.  Across Michigan, which ranks seventh among all states for Internet Essentials, 50,000 low-income households have been connected, benefitting nearly 200,000 Michiganders.

By |2017-08-23T05:13:51-04:00August 23rd, 2017|Featured, New Products / Contracts|

Baker College Receives NSF Grant To Boost Michigan’s Photonics Education

FLINT TOWNSHIP – Baker College has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant of nearly $512,000 to advance photonics and laser education at Baker College and in Michigan through June 2020. The goal, according to Anca Sala, Ph.D., Baker College dean of the College of Engineering, is to educate more students to become qualified photonics,

By |2017-08-22T03:57:25-04:00August 22nd, 2017|Featured, New Products / Contracts|

Loc Wins $417 Million Army Contract To Update Bradley Suspensions, Driveline, Tracks

PLYMOUTH - Loc Performance Products has won a follow-up $417 million contract from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command in Warren to restore lost mobility to the Bradley Fight Vehicle, after an initial $161 million contract awarded by the Army in 2014. Together, they represent the Army’s Bradley Fighting Vehicle Engineering Change Proposal

By |2017-08-10T08:30:16-04:00August 10th, 2017|New Products / Contracts|

Genomenon Debuts Version 1.3 Of Mastermind Genomic Search Engine

ANN ARBOR – Genomenon has announced version 1.3 of its Mastermind genomic search engine that adds new tools to help clinicians quickly find authoritative research related to their patients genomic mutations and a new suite of solutions to help automate next generation DNA sequencing workflows. While the cost of DNA sequencing continues to drop faster

By |2017-08-10T08:09:26-04:00August 10th, 2017|Life Sciences, New Products / Contracts|

Heat-Conducting Plastic Could Lead To Lighter Electronics, Cars

ANN ARBOR - Advanced plastics could usher in lighter, cheaper, more energy-efficient product components, including those used in vehicles, LEDs and computers - if only they were better at dissipating heat. A new technique that can change plastic's molecular structure to help it cast off heat is a promising step in that direction.  Developed by

By |2017-08-04T14:08:05-04:00August 4th, 2017|New Products / Contracts, Science|

LIFT OFF Webinar Series To Feature Lightweighting And Manufacturing

DETROIT - A webinar series featuring small companies and the innovations they are working on related to lightweighting and manufacturing kicks off Aug. 17 and then the third Thursday after that throughout the fall. The “LIFT Off” webinar series is presented by Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow and the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center. LIFT Off will

By |2017-08-03T19:50:02-04:00August 3rd, 2017|New Products / Contracts|

Buy Three Months Of Ads At MITechNews.Com, Get The Fourth Month Free

ANN ARBOR - If you’ve wanted to try advertising on MITechNews.Com, now is the time to take a serious look. MITechNews.Com is offering a fall special - buy three months of advertising and get the fourth month free. Means you can start a campaign Sept. 1, run it through Dec. 31, and ride the business

By |2017-08-02T17:18:06-04:00August 2nd, 2017|New Products / Contracts|

Comcast’s New Wireless Service Coming to Eight Xfinity Stores in Michigan

PLYMOUTH - Comcast announced that Xfinity Mobile, a new wireless service designed for the way people use their phones today, is beginning to roll out in Xfinity stores in Flint, Grand Rapids, Jackson, Macomb, Plymouth, Rochester Hills, Sterling Heights and Troy this week. Xfinity Mobile combines the nation’s largest and most reliable 4G LTE network with the largest

By |2017-08-02T07:46:05-04:00August 2nd, 2017|Featured, New Products / Contracts|

PrivateLabelVR.Net Offers Turnkey VR Product For Video Game Arcades

ROYAL OAK - Networker supreme Terry Bean is well-known in the metro Detroit social media scene. More than a decade ago he created Motor City Connect as a way for other digital entrepreneurs and marketers to network. It has since grown to more than 10,000 members. But like most entrepreneurs, Bean also experiments with projects

By |2017-07-22T15:07:43-04:00July 21st, 2017|Featured, New Products / Contracts|

Warner Norcross & Judd Create Emerging Media And Connected Devices Group

SOUTHFIELD - A lot of Michigan law firms offer legal expertise in Intellectual Property. A few have touched on issues related to Augmented and Virtual Reality. Others are exploring the newly emerging technologies of Drones and what’s called the Internet of Things. Now Warner Norcross & Judd has created the Emerging Media and Connected Devices

By |2017-07-21T15:21:22-04:00July 21st, 2017|New Products / Contracts|