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About Mike Brennan

Founder of Michigan News Network, and serves as CEO, as well as Editor & Publisher of MITECHNEWS.COM. Brennan has worked since 1980 as a technology writer at newspapers in New York, NY, San Jose, CA., Seattle, WA., Memphis, TN., Detroit, MI., and London, England. He co-founded and served as managing editor of Pacific Rim News Service (SEATTLE), which developed a network of more than 100 freelance journalists in 17 Asia-Pacific countries.

Automation Alley Industry 4.0 Accelerator Adds New Manufacturing, Tech Partners

TROY – The Automation Alley Industry 4.0 Accelerator, powered by Lawrence Technological University’s Centrepolis Accelerator and the Lean Rocket Lab, has expanded its corporate partnerships to include more Michigan-based manufacturing and technology organizations. The founding corporate partners include Lear Corporation; Whirlpool Corporation; DENSO; Siemens; Magna; Faurecia; Comau; Design Systems, Inc.; Mirari; Electro-Matic Ventures; TAC; Nippon

By |2020-09-14T09:43:12-04:00September 14th, 2020|New Products, New Products / Contracts|
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MITech TV: Futures For Frontliners, COVID Vaccine Update, Airfoil 20th Anniversary

ANN ARBOR - Kerry Ebersole, a senior executive from the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, will discuss a new tuition-free college assistance program for essential workers. Fred Brown, an infectious disease expert, returns to update COVID-19 vaccine candidates. Lisa Valley-Smith and Keith Donovan from Airfoil talk about the 20th anniversary of the technology

By |2020-09-16T20:03:33-04:00September 14th, 2020|Podcasts|
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Ann Arbor Video Interest Group

A2VIG.org | A2VIG group on Facebook This Monday, September 14, 2020 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm  Location: Zoom Video Conference  RSVP here I hope everyone enjoyed their July & August (all things considered). We're a little slow getting this month's meeting together, so I apologize for the short notice. This month, we're going to talk about tips and tricks

By |2020-09-13T19:44:40-04:00September 13th, 2020|New Products, New Products / Contracts|
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MPSC Publishes Map Of Wi-Fi Hotspots For Families That Lack Home Internet Access

LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission is reminding Michigan families about the State of Michigan and Connected Nation Michigan’s statewide map of Wi-Fi hotspots for families who lack internet access at home.  For many Michigan schoolchildren, this is back-to-school week, with the COVID-19 pandemic leading many school districts to educate children remotely from home.   That’s particularly difficult for households that lack

By |2020-09-13T19:31:28-04:00September 13th, 2020|ESD, Politics|
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Futures For Frontliners Offers Tuition-Free College To COVID-19 Essential Workers

LANSING - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday announced what she described as the nation's first program offering tuition-free college to an estimated 625,000 Michiganders who provided essential, frontline services during COVID-19 Stay Home, Stay Safe orders between April 2020 and June 2020. Futures for Frontliners – inspired by the GI Bill which provided college degree to

By |2020-09-12T11:23:08-04:00September 12th, 2020|Coronavirus, Featured, Science|
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1,434 Small Businesses in Southwest Michigan Get Small Business Restart Grants

KALAMAZOO - Southwest Michigan First announced 1,434 small business recipients are receiving average grant awards of $5,000 each as part of the state’s Michigan Small Business Restart Program. Grants must be used for expenditures made between March 1, 2020 and December 30, 2020 for necessary disbursements incurred due to the public health emergency with respect

By |2020-09-12T11:23:51-04:00September 12th, 2020|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Featured, Politics, Politics/Government|
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Michigan Announces Virtual 2020 North American International Cyber Summit

LANSING - The 2020 North American International Cyber Summit, scheduled for Oct. 7-8, will be completely virtual and fully interactive, delivering all the benefits of an in-person event, while ensuring the health and safety of our presenters and participants. Also new this year, registration is free for all participants. In the ninth year of the

By |2020-09-12T11:02:54-04:00September 12th, 2020|Cyber Defense, Featured|
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Jamie Lowell Discusses Jazz Cabbage Cafe – Provides Cannabis Political News Updates

ANN ARBOR - Jamie Lowell, co-host of Jazz Cabbage Cafe, joins Four20Post to talk about his weekly podcast that he does with Rick Thompson. Jamie also updates some key Michigan cannabis political news that could lead to cannabis convictions expungement. No jazz, no cabbage, and it's not a cafe... it's a radio show! Tuesday from

By |2020-09-08T19:13:07-04:00September 8th, 2020|Marijuana Business, News|
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COVID-19 Vaccine Update With Epidemiologist Fred Brown

ANN ARBOR - Infectious disease expert Fred Brown updates where vaccine research stands. He predicts there is little likelihood an effective vaccine will be ready by early November. It may not be until spring 2021 before a vaccine could be ready. Fred Brown comes to the fight against the COVID-19 virus from a forty year

By |2020-09-07T17:18:04-04:00September 7th, 2020|Coronavirus, mitechtv, Science|
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Richard Stiennon Describes The Latest Cybersecurity Threats

ANN ARBOR - Cybersecurity expert Richard Stiennon joins MITech TV once again to update the latest cyber threats plaguing the world. Richard writes for Forbes magazine and is the author of "There Will Be Cyberwar," a book that show how the Chinese military could quickly defeat the US military in a war by disabling electronic

By |2020-09-07T15:08:28-04:00September 7th, 2020|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|
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