ROYAL OAK - Mike Casewell, an industrial engineer whose love of coffee and appreciation of the coffee-bar experience was developed while working as a part-time barista in his college days, left his last job as Director of Profit Improvement at Starbucks in Seattle, to create Roasting Plant, which features its patented Javabot technology that can
DETROIT - On M2 TechCast Monday Oct. 2, Jason Vezzano joins Tech248 Co-Founder Irene Spanos to talk about Vectorform. Tonya Matthews, CEO of the Michigan Science Center, will discuss a lot of exciting STEM events this fall for kids. Sandra Cochrane, Director of the WMed Innovation Center in Kalamazoo, also will provide details on some
DETROIT - The award-winning, international exhibition, 1001 Inventions: Untold Stories from a Golden Age of Innovation, is coming to the Michigan Science Center Oct. 7. 1001 Inventions explores the legacy of scientific discovery and innovation during the golden age of Muslim Civilization, beginning in the 7th century and following the story through a thousand years
GRAND RAPIDS - The monthly Health Forum of West Michigan series begins its new year with a panel discussion that focuses on the supply and demand of health care jobs, and how area higher education institutions are working to meet the needs of industry employers and employees. "The Health Care Talent Pipeline" is set for
GRAND RAPIDS - US Signal has enhanced its disaster recovery as a service offering to include two service tiers: standard and premium. With both tiers, a customer’s primary production environment is continuously replicated to a US Signal cloud environment or between multiple US Signal data centers. When needed, a replicated instance of the environment can
NEWTON, Mass. - A federal judge in Massachusetts has struck down four key portions of a 2016 municipal ordinance in Newton, a Boston suburb that effectively banned drones. The lawsuit, which was filed in January 2017 by a local doctor, involves a question that has yet to be fully resolved in the age of increasingly pervasive and inexpensive
DETROIT - The Global Automotive & Mobility Innovation Challenge, now in its 10th year, is accepting applications for its 2017-2018 program year. The deadline to apply is Oct. 15. Applicants come from around the world – hardware, software, process, app, you name it – and the alumni are already in production as Tier 2 suppliers;
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Sept. 25, Mike Casewell, CEO of Roasting Plant, will discuss his string of coffee shops in Michigan that roast and brew fresh coffee using his patented technology. TechStak’s Nicole Pasuit will probe Technology and Customer experience with a couple of TechStak members. Keith Brophy, state director of the Michigan
ROYAL OAK - Rave Computer CEO Rick Darter outlines the National Modeling & Simulation Coalition conference Sept. 26 at the Henry in Dearborn. It will feature speakers from around the country who will describe how these digital tools are used, and how they are becoming an industry - in other parts of the country but
DETROIT - The Intelligent Transportation Society of Michigan is partnering on Sept. 27 with NextEnergy to host “Life on Planet M” in Detroit. The daylong ITS Michigan annual conference will focus on “smart” transportation technologies, the related economy and the Intelligent Transportation Systems industry’s impact in Michigan. “ITS Michigan is thrilled to be hosting our
