SOUTHFIELD - Eighty robotics teams that have advanced from nine Michigan qualifying events will compete in the Robofest Michigan Championship at Lawrence Technological University on May 2. The opening ceremony in the Ridler Field House on the campus at 21000 West 10 Mile Road will be at 9 a.m., and the awards ceremony will be
WASHINGTON DC - President Barack Obama wants Detroit's Big Three automakers to build more fuel-efficient vehicles getting ahead of future vehicle demand, rather than trying to catch up. "Detroit needs to be focused on capturing, you know, the lion's share of the market for fuel-efficient cars. And you know, they worked with us to double
GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will discuss on May 11 at a lunch-and-learn the huge amount of energy that typically scientific laboratories expend at major universities - typically four to six times as much energy as typical office buildings. Harvard University, for instance, estimates that its labs account for
EGHAM, United Kingdom - Device vendors will have to raise the prices of PCs to offset the effects of currency devaluation, according to Gartner, which predicted prices of PCs in the Eurozone and Japan, in particular, will increase by up to 10 percent during 2015. "We are currently seeing the sharp appreciation of
ANN ARBOR - MITechNews.Com Editor Mike Brennan talks about a big cybersecurity conference coming up at Walsh College were Brigadier General Michael A. Stone, assistant adjutant general - Army, Michigan National Guard, will be the keynote April 15 at the first Walsh College Center for Cybersecurity Leadership conference. He also talks about discounts available for
ANN ARBOR - MITechNews.Com Editor Mike Brennan talks about the Energy Choice controversy in the Michigan Legislature, and a discussion of the story in Michipreneur.Com about 15 entrepreneurial companies in Detroit developing disruptive technologies. To listen, click on MITechNews.Com
DETROIT - Our flashback to 1983 with episode 83 of our live, weekly broadcast has come and gone, and it was definitely a lot of fun. We were joined in-studio by a couple of recurring guests on our show, Steve Gaura from Arrow Strategies and Billy Strawter of Social Coop Media Detroit. We talked about
DETROIT - Episode 86 of ITinTheD.Com is in the archives, and it was a really fun show. Joined by our guests talking about an art show this weekend downtown (When Visions Collide 2), a social media conference / retreat this weekend in Frankenmuth (the Social Media Association of Michigan's Social Media Retreat), IT recruiting here
DETROIT - 1988 was a good year for movies and music, and episode 88 of our live weekly broadcast wasn't too shabby either. Joined by our guests from The Center for Michigan, as well as our friends from Penguicon and the Agile and Beyond conference, a great time, some fun chats and a whole lot
DETROIT - Josh Linkner, entrepreneur and accomplished jazz musician, explains how he will use his jazz performances as a metaphor to drive innovation and promote creativity during the upcoming Fuel Detroit Leadership Conference. Matt Roush of the Engineering Society of Detroit talks ESD. To listen, Click on InternetAdvisor.Net