DETROIT - Forget electric bicycles, the next iteration is hydrogen fuel-cell cycles that can refill in second from a compact station that tops off H2 canisters. The global ebike market is estimated to grow in value to almost $120 billion by 2030, and it's not surprising. Whether commuting or leisure riding, pedal-assist bikes take some of
ZEELAND —DISHER was just approved as a service provider of the AARP AgeTech Collaborative and will provide innovative start-ups with front-end product development and engineering services. AgeTech Collaborative is an organization that supports new technologies that are geared toward making the aging process easier. “The potential for new product development in this space gets the
SEATTLE - A survey reports 7 in 10 employees do not want to work fully remotely. Forty percent prefer to work entirely in person, while 32 percent favor hybrid work. Conversely, 28 percent prefer a fully remote work setup. Among hybrid workers, preferences for the number of in-person workdays are as follows: 13 percent say
DETROIT – Layoffs still loom in the tech sector, impacting both small startups and tech giants like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. In fact, recent reports have indicated nearly 50,000 tech workers have been let go since the start of the year. At the same time and amid mounting return-to-office mandates, the need for work-from-home options
LONDON - A high-powered laser weapon under development in the UK just shot down its first drones — putting the futuristic device a major step closer to the battlefield. The background:Laser weapons — powerful, destructive beams of light — are arguably the “next big thing” in defense tech, thanks to their numerous benefits over traditional kinetic
CUPERTINO, Ca. - In 2021, Apple introduced a feature that lets residents of participating U.S. states add their driver's license or ID to the Wallet app on the iPhone and Apple Watch, providing a convenient and contactless way to display proof of identity or age. Unfortunately, states have been slow to adopt the feature since it was first
DETROIT - Social media guru Terry Bean is offering a ten-part Thought Leadership online course that will start on Jan. 17. He joins MITech TV co-hosts Matt Roush and Mike Brennan to provide details. Thought leaders receive a lot of benefit from their additional exposure. It could be as simple as: * Adding new followers
DETROIT - The first 3D-printed house in Michigan is on the market. Asking price: $224,500. The tidy cottage a few blocks from the Belle Isle Bridge is hard to miss. It’s brand new and modest — just 988 square feet — in a neighborhood of aging houses that reflect the outsized wealth of mid-century Detroit.
DETRIUT — DTE Energy announced that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory has recognized DTE’s MIGreenPower program as the top utility green tariff program in the U.S. MIGreenPower enables DTE Electric customers to attribute an even greater percentage of their electricity use to Michigan-based wind and solar projects beyond the 15% DTE already provides. High and growing
SOUTHFIELD - A Lawrence Technological University architecture professor Scott Shall and his onetime student Breck Crandell are partnering on a new approach to housing construction they say could cut the cost of building new single-family homes by 20 to 25 percent, reduce construction time by 50 percent, and significantly shrink the home’s environmental footprint. Scott
