SOUTHFIELD – In the movie “Black Panther,” the fictional element called vibranium has amazing chemical and physical properties. But a chemist would want to know – where would it go on the Periodic Table of the Elements? Two faculty members at Lawrence Technological University have just had an academic paper published that has a bit
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Monday June 11, Executive Search Managing Partner Gary Erickson will dispute a recent story that claims Artificial Intelligence will replace human headhunters. Michigan Science Center CEO Tonya Matthews will talk about the summer programs available for kids of all ages. Startup Week Detroit co-founder Monica Wheat will dish on
DETROIT - Winning Futures awarded Wednesday a total of $30,000 to 20 local high schoolers and recognized 19 local business professionals who are enrolled in the Winning Futures’ life skills and workforce preparation mentoring program. Seven local business professionals received a Mentor of the Year Award for their exemplary mentoring service. Lee Ellen Kerr (Goodrich,
DETROIT - DTE Energy named Valerie M. Williams, CPA, to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Williams served as the Assurance Services Managing Partner for Ernst & Young LLP's Southwest Region until 2016. In this role, she had responsibility for a $500 million audit practice encompassing nine states, 14 offices and 1,200 employees. Williams has
ANN ARBOR—When news of the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke, 87 million Facebook users learned that their personal data was obtained and used by a British research firm to influence the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Many were left wondering how data accessed by established researchers could have been used inappropriately and
SAN FRANCISCO - Researchers at Recorded Future, a threat intelligence company, said in a report Wednesday that North Korean hackers have used technology from Microsoft, Apple and Samsung to carry out cyberattacks. The isolated country has been behind major cyberattacks, including the 2017 WannaCry ransomware assault, which locked up thousands of computers across 150 countries and ensnared hospitals, universities and airports
ROYAL OAK - Emily Heintz, Associate Director of the Michigan Venture Capital Association, has spent a decade working with a wide range of entrepreneurial support groups and startups, in which she found gaps in funding, talent and research that she felt needed to be filled. In March, Heintz, who joins M2 TechCast co-hosts Matt Roush
ROYAL OAK - There’s a new marketing group in metro Detroit. KNC Strategies led by long-time marketing pro Joe Melnick. KNC provides strategy and marketing advisory services on a fractional or “as-needed” basis. Melnick is a senior strategy and marketing executive with over 30 years of experience. He has worked with manufacturing companies, technology businesses
ROYAL OAK - Wayne State University bought the NextEnergy Center, the state of Michigan’s advanced energy industry accelerator, and will transform it into a center for university-industry collaboration and research. Ned Staebler, president of TechTown, joins Matt Roush and Mike Brennan to explain why Wayne State spent $6.6 million to create Detroit Urban Solutions, a
SOUTHFIELD – For the second consecutive year, Lawrence Technological University is the world champion of autonomous vehicles. LTU won the Self-Drive Challenge competition at the 26th Annual Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition, held last week at Oakland University in Rochester. The winning vehicle is called ACTor, for Autonomous Campus Transport/Taxi. The two-seat Polaris Gem electric vehicle
