NEW YORK - To date, more than 600 makers have nominated themselves for the Martha Stewart American Made Audience Choice Award. If you are a Michigan Maker and would like to compete for $10,000 in cash prizes you have until August 31stto nominate yourself and to be part of the fourth annual event. The Initiative:
DETROIT - The majority of Michigan's largest employers project that the Michigan and U.S. economies will remain flat in the next six to 18 months. "The majority of Michigan's largest employers believe that the state's economy will remain essentially the same over the next six to eighteen months - and only slightly outpace the nation
DETROIT - On September 9th, NextEnergy will present the V2B Mashup that will feature a panel discussion with industry leaders about the value propositions, business models, and technologies emerging from the intersection of connected buildings and connected vehicles - and the industries surrounding them. Attendees will also see live demonstrations that will offer a snapshot
NOVI - Technology consulting company Red Level has received two prestigious Partner of the Year awards at the annual Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Orlando, Florida. Red Level is the only partner company selected to receive two such awards this year within the Heartland Area (MI, OH, KY, TN) out of a pool of over
HOUGHTON - Princeton Review's 2016 issue of The Best 380 Colleges ranks Michigan Technological University among the best Midwestern colleges and green colleges nationwide. The new listings were released Tuesday, Aug. 4. The Princeton Review rankings focus on undergraduate education and are based on surveys of 136,000 students at the 380 colleges on the Best
DETROIT - NextEnergy was announced as a winner of the U.S. Small Business Administration Growth Accelerator Fund Competition during Tuesday's White House Demo Day receiving a $50,000 grant to use to accelerate smart city cluster development in Michigan. Cluster development will form a bridge between global tech-based corporations in smart city technology areas - energy,
DETROIT - While the talk of the lithium ion battery market had been focused on consumer electronics and hybrid and plug-in vehicles, the focus has taken a decided turn in the last couple of years towards stationary storage. For anyone in the battery market this won't come as a big surprise. In 2013, California set
ANN ARBOR - Gas mileage of new vehicles sold in the U.S. remained unchanged last month, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Average fuel economy (window-sticker values) of cars, light trucks, vans and SUVs purchased in July remained at 25.4 mpg. "The fuel economy in July was unchanged
NEW YORK - Tickets are now on sale for the 2015 Martha Stewart American Made Summit Nov. 7 at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia's headquarters in New York City. Martha Stewart American Made, now in its fourth year, is a nationally recognized awards program that celebrates stars of the growing maker culture who have turned their
LANSING - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released Monday its final rule on carbon emissions targets nationwide, welcomed with open arms by environmental activists and a bland, "still-in-review" reaction from those otherwise. Valerie Brader, executive director of the Michigan Agency for Energy, said in a statement that she will be working with legislators, stakeholders and