PLYMOUTH - HELLA is working with Paul Vahle GmbH to develop wireless charging systems that could spark renewed consumer interest in electric and hybrid-electric vehicles. Commonly used to recharge small consumer products such as smartphones and electric toothbrushes, inductive or wireless charging for cars will make it easier for drivers to charge car batteries and
BRIGHTON - The Engineering Society of Detroit is all about the future of Michigan's science, technology, engineering and math professionals. So is this outing. All of the golf proceeds go to the David A. Skiven Leadership Fund to support the ESD Institute's efforts to filling the STEM pipeline with employable workers. ESD and its Institute
TRAVERSE CITY - The CPM Extrusion Group, consisting of Century Extrusion in Traverse City and Ruiya Extrusion in Nanjing China, will cooperate with ECON GmbH of Weisskirchen, Austria to produce the EUPC line of underwater pelletizers. The EUPC line is based on the ECON EUP series built in Austria. The EUPC features all critical components
SOUTHFIELD - Sixty-eight teams from Michigan will compete in the Robofest Michigan Championships May 3 at Lawrence Technological University. Admission and parking are free for this event. Robofest is a competition of autonomous robots ? computer-programmed to act independently and not remote-controlled ? that encourages students to have fun while learning principles of science, technology,
NEW YORK - Streaming video company Netflix said Monday that it planned to increase subscription prices for new customers by one or two dollars a month within the next few months. Existing subscribers will be able to continue at their current rate "for a generous time period," Netflix said. U.S. streaming subscribers currently pay $7.99
ANN ARBOR - The theme of this year's MCRCon cybersecurity conference in Ypsilanti - Are You Safe in the Internet of Things? - focuses on one of today's most compelling cybersecurity issues: the Internet of Things. Everything seems to be connected to the Internet. Phones, televisions, appliances, vehicles, eyewear, powerplants, security systems, and more are
SAN FRANCISCO - Arts and crafts retail chain Michaels Stores said Thursday that two separate security breaches at point-of-sale terminals last year at its US stores and Aaron Brothers subsidiary may have exposed nearly 3 million credit and payment cards. The Michaels breach, which occurred between May 8, 2013, and January 27, 2014, may have
DETROIT - Facebook COO and best-selling author Sheryl Sandberg will speak to the Adcraft Club of Detroit at a breakfast May 2. The event will take place from 8:30 ? 10 a.m. at the San Marino Club at 1685 E. Big Beaver Road in Troy. Sandberg will speak on the new opportunity for marketing and
GRAND RAPIDS ? Registration closed May 2 for the 2014 Great Lakes Homeland Security Training Conference & Expo from May 13-15 at the DeVos Place in downtown Grand Rapids at the special rate of $250. If a regional board is covering your registration fee, please contact your regional chair for additional instructions prior to registering.
PLYMOUTH - ProNAi Therapeutics has closed an oversubscribed $59.5 million Series D financing, led by Vivo Capital of Palo Alto, CA and included other new investors Frazier Healthcare Ventures, OrbiMed Advisors, Adams Street Partners, RA Capital Management, Caxton Alternative Management, Hopen Life Science Ventures, Sectoral Asset Management, and Janus Capital Management LLC. Existing investors including