DETROIT - One of the most innovative new in-field technologies used by the U.S. Army during its campaign in the Middle East was developed at Focus: HOPE, a nonprofit civil rights organization based in Detroit. The Mobile Parts Hospital, a portable manufacturing unit, has been onsite at as many as six separate battlefield locations at
COMMERCE ? In a study just released, Nuspire Networks contends network reconnaissance is on the rise, growing more pervasive and potentially damaging than the threat of computer viruses. The study finds that port scanning incidents at remote locations and branch office environments have risen nearly 40 percent from one month to the next. Port scanning
LANSING ? Michigan House Democrats announced legislation on Thursday that would add regulations to horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to require more transparency from companies do fracking for natural gas. The legislation would require the disclosure of chemicals used in the fracking process and report the water used when it exceeds 100,000 gallons; allow communities
LANSING - The Public Service Commission on Thursday proposed a funding factor of 91 cents per meter per month as its first annual income energy assistance funding factor for the Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund created by law earlier this month. The factor was based on the assumption that all utilities that have filed nothing yet
WEST BLOOMFIELD ? Gibbs Sports Amphibians, maker of the world's first personal sports amphibian, plans to add a hundred new dealers nationwide, hire more employees to assemble the land-water vehicles in Auburn Hills, and introduce a new two-passenger model later this year. The company has orders to build 1000 Quadskis in 2013, said Gibbs Communications
NOVI ? The second Michigan Cyber Summit will be held on Oct. 25 and feature Gov. Rick Snyder and other leaders in the state?s efforts to grow a cyber security industry. The summit also will serve as the host event for the second meeting of the National Governors Association Resource Center for State Cybersecurity Advisory
STAMFORD - Worldwide PC shipments dropped to 76 million units in the second quarter of 2013, a 10.9 percent decrease from the same period last year, the fifth consecutive quarter of declining shipments - the longest duration of decline in the PC market?s history. All regions showed a decline compared to a year ago, according
LANSING - The Education Trust-Midwest released a report Tuesday that shows Michigan students performing below the national average in every category in the study, saying it showed the need for the Common Core standards and the effects they could have on education. "In too many recent meetings, state leaders talk about how students will 'all
LANSING - A lawsuit was filed in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia on Tuesday calling on the court to stop the discharge of ballast water by international ships in the Great Lakes. The National Wildlife Federation filed the suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection agency, after the EPA issued
LANSING ? The Michigan Strategic Fund Wednesday approved a $350,000 Michigan Business Development Program incentive for ZYNP International Corporation to expand its operations and add a new R&D center in the City of Romulus, a project that will generate up to $9.5 million in new private investment and add 51 new jobs. ?ZYNP International is