mikebrennan

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.

DTE Energy Moves Forward With Community Solar Project In Washtenaw County

DETROIT - DTE Energy is moving forward with a plan to build its first MIGreenPower community solar project in Washtenaw County. The 20-megawatt facility will be the largest in the region and is designed to support the City of Ann Arbor and Pittsfield Township with achieving their clean energy goals. Additionally, all DTE Electric customers will

By |2021-10-04T20:00:24-04:00October 4th, 2021|Clean Update|

DoD Consortium Awards $100,000 to Companies Addressing Critical Operational Issues for Deployed Soldiers

DETROIT – Top prize for the National Advanced Mobility Consortium Army Smart Motor Pool Pitch Competition was Raytheon Missiles & Defense, producers of missile defense systems, precision weapons, and related technologies. Its winning entry provided the framework for an Intelligent Interactive Motor Pool Management open platform that offers a holistic solution for integration of Army

By |2021-10-04T19:40:58-04:00October 4th, 2021|Politics, Politics/Government|

MPSC Announces Dates, Topics For Technical Conference On Electric Reliability, Storm Response

LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission on Monday announced additional details about the technical conference the agency will hold as part of its efforts to address concerns raised after repeated major power outages across the state during extreme storms this summer. The MPSC’s Technical Conference on Emergency Preparedness, Distribution Reliability, and Storm Response will

By |2021-10-04T19:26:22-04:00October 4th, 2021|Politics, Politics/Government|

Lawrence Tech IGVC Team Receives RoboNation 2021 Self-Drive Champions Banner, $3,000 Award

SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University’s Autonomous Campus Transport team, four-time defending champion in the Self-Drive category of the annual Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition, received a 2021 RoboNation championship banner in a campus ceremony. LTU also received a $3,000 check for winning the IGVC Self-Drive competition. RoboNation, the robotics education and workforce partner of the Association for Unmanned

By |2021-10-04T18:44:06-04:00October 4th, 2021|ESD|

MITech TV Focuses On Autonomous Vehicles And Zero Emission Auto Technology

ANN ARBOR - On MITech TV Oct. 4, we’re focused on autonomous vehicle and zero emission auto technology. John Xin, co-founder and CEO of Lunewave Radar is on the show, followed by Bill Grabowski, head of North America for ADASKY thermal cameras. Tom Stephenson, CEO of Pararito Powder hydrogen catalyst is next up, and then

By |2021-10-04T13:15:53-04:00October 4th, 2021|Podcasts|

Northeastern Michigan To Get Fiber Broadband With Help Of Merit Network

ALPENA -  Gigabit speed internet service will soon be available in Northeastern Michigan from Presque Isle Electric & Gas Co-op, a multiyear phased fiber-to-the-home network project, providing access to Internet and voice services to 30,000-plus homes and businesses across its northeast Michigan. This includes Alpena, Cheboygan, Montmorency, Presque Isle and portions of Alcona, Emmet, Mackinac,

By |2021-10-03T17:02:08-04:00October 3rd, 2021|Featured, IoT|

Configura Completes Acquisition Of ProjectMatrix 

GRAND RAPIDS —Configura announced it has completed its acquisition of ProjectMatrix to become part of the Configura Group. ProjectMatrix is a software creator for pricing and specification solutions in North America’s commercial interiors industry. “Configura and ProjectMatrix have worked together as partners for 14 years, helping designers do what they do best – design beautiful

By |2021-10-03T16:31:14-04:00October 3rd, 2021|ESD, Software|

FlexJobs Identifies Top 30 Companies Hiring Remote Freelance Workers

BOULDER, Co – To help job seekers connect to remote freelance job opportunities, FlexJobs has identified the top 30 companies hiring for remote freelance jobs so far this year, as well as the strongest job categories for freelance jobs. According to a FlexJobs survey from August 2021 of more than 800 freelancers, 66 percent of freelancers

By |2021-10-03T17:02:26-04:00October 3rd, 2021|Entrepreneurs, Featured|

MRA Recalls Cannabis Products Over Chemical Contamination

LANSING- The Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency issued a health and safety bulletin Friday due to a voluntary marijuana recall. According to MRA, several batches of marijuana were run through the mechanical trimmer of Michigan Medical Marijuana, LLC (AU-G-B-000128) DBA Glo prior to retesting for microbial failures. The agency said the mechanical trimmer was contaminated with banned

By |2021-10-03T14:59:04-04:00October 3rd, 2021|Marijuana Business, News|

Cyber Patriot Program Goes international – Tamara Shoemaker Provides Details

ANN ARBOR - Tamara Shoemaker, who leads the Michigan Cyber Patriot program, joins MITech TV co-hosts Mike Brennan and Matt Roush to update the Cyber Patriot program, talk about her new join leading the cybersecurity team at Auto-ISAC, and an auto cyber training program in mid October. Cyber Patriot's Mission is to increase the number

By |2021-09-30T20:43:43-04:00September 30th, 2021|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|