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.

Four20 Post Interview: Stormy Simon, Former CEO High Times Magazine

ANN ARBOR - Jamie Cooper from Sensi Connects interviews cannabis advocate Stormy Simon, former CEO of Overstock and High Times magazine. Stormy also is running for state representative in Utah. In her words: "I was born to a blue-collar family in Hammond, Indiana, and spent my formative years in the small town of Tooele. I

By |2020-11-05T11:08:42-05:00November 3rd, 2020|Featured, Marijuana Business, mitechtv, News|

MITech TV: MCWT, Cyber Patriot, COVID-19 Healthcare Update

ANN ARBOR - On MITech TV Nov. 2 at 2 pm Kathleen Norton-Schock with update on MCWT and Diva Tech Talk. At 2:15 - Tamara Shoemaker with update on Cyber Patriot program. Then the show concludes at 2:30 with Fred Brown, an infectious disease expert, updating the latest COVID-19 healthcare news. MITECH TV is live

By |2020-11-01T17:34:57-05:00November 1st, 2020|Podcasts|

Advanced Manufacturing Certification Program Offered to Detroit Small Businesses Recovering from Pandemic 

DETROIT – LIFT opened its Operation Next advanced manufacturing certification program to employees of Detroit-area small and medium-sized manufacturers to help them recover from the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Available to industry for the first time, the new Operation Next civilian program, funded through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act

By |2020-11-01T17:23:58-05:00November 1st, 2020|ESD, Featured, News|

Charting New Horizons: Naval STEM Launches Virtual Effort to Attract Student Talent

ARLINGTON, Va.—Discovering how to move energy over large distances, including outer space. Designing the future through additive manufacturing. Enhancing human capabilities in an underwater environment. These are some of the topics showcased by Naval Horizons—a new video educational series from the Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Naval STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education and outreach program.

By |2020-11-01T17:14:29-05:00November 1st, 2020|STEM|

Grand Rapids Veteran-Owned Healthcare Company Gets $450 Million Government Contract

GRAND RAPIDS - Alliant Enterprises - dba Alliant Healthcare Products - has been awarded a Patient Monitoring and Capital Equipment contract by the Defense Logistics Agency valued at $450 million over 10 years. The contract includes medical products from many of Alliant’s high-profile OEM partners, including Olympus America Inc., Philips Healthcare, Skytron, LINET Americas, Belimed

By |2020-11-01T17:24:53-05:00November 1st, 2020|Featured, Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|

Airotrust Offers ‘Building Mask’ For Cleaner Indoor Air In Battle With COVID-19

LIVONIA—Schools, preschools and daycare centers in southeast Michigan are working with Livonia-based company Airotrust to improve the quality of its indoor air for students, children, and employees. Detroit-based charter school Covenant House Academy, Summer Early Learning Center in Detroit, and Livonia Little Tots location have all recently purchased and installed Airotrust “Building Masks,” which are

By |2020-11-01T16:42:43-05:00November 1st, 2020|New Products, New Products / Contracts|

Michigan Public Service Commission Warns About Utility Scams

ANN ARBOR - MPSC Commissioner Tremaine Phillips in this video interview warns Michigan residents about utility scams where someone phones them to threaten utility cutoff unless they are paid immediately by credit card or even bitcoin - that should be a giveaway since DTE and Consumers Energy don't yet take cryptocurrency. He also talks about

By |2020-11-01T14:11:16-05:00November 1st, 2020|mitechtv, Politics, Politics/Government|

Michigan International Tech Center Open To Foreign Tech Clients

ANN ARBOR - Gary Roberts, a planner for the Michigan International Technology Center in Plymouth, MI., talks about the new Ridge 5 Corporate Park that hopes to attract international technology companies to an area that is very auto tech focused. Situated among a prestigious roster of international firms, the MITC development is proven grounds for

By |2020-11-01T15:36:00-05:00November 1st, 2020|mitechtv, New Products / Contracts|

LIFT Tapped To Study Modernizing Critical Army Gear No Longer In Production

DETROIT—Officials at LIFT, the Detroit-based, Department of Defense-supported national manufacturing innovation institute, announced a new contract with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center (CCDC GVSC) at the Detroit Arsenal in Warren to conduct a re-engineering analysis of critical parts, assemblies or subassemblies which are no longer in production. The pieces

By |2020-10-31T08:42:12-04:00October 31st, 2020|ESD|

Big Employers Contend State, Federal Economies To Stabilize In Next Six Months

DETROIT—In a reversal of second quarter trends, the leaders of Michigan’s largest employers anticipate the state and federal economies will stabilize and improve in the coming months. While more than half of business leaders predicted worsening state and federal economic outlooks last quarter, 82 percent now say the U.S. economy will stay the same or improve during the

By |2020-10-31T08:38:12-04:00October 31st, 2020|Featured, News|