LANSING – David DeVries, the former U.S. Office of Personnel Management Chief Information Officer, is the state’s new Department of Technology, Management and Budget director and chief information officer. “David’s efforts to modernize aging IT infrastructure and improve cyber security at the federal level highlight his wealth of skills and experience that make him an excellent
PONTIAC - Oakland County on Sept. 13 will join a program founded by the Kauffman Foundation to provide free, weekly networking that is aimed at supporting startups on a grassroots level. The 1 Million Cups program is based on the notion that entrepreneurs network and discover solutions over a million cups of coffee. Beginning September
ANN ARBOR - A $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant will launch oVert, a new initiative to "teleport" museum specimens from their shelves to the Internet by CT scanning 20,000 vertebrates and making these data-rich, 3-D images available to researchers, educators, students and the public. The University of Michigan is one of 16 research institutions
NOVI - U.S. Army Gen. Gus Perna in this video interview discusses how contractors need to work with Material Command at the 2017 Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium and Advanced Planning Briefing for Industry. Gen. Perna also expressed frustration with the annual U.S. Budget process that has turned into a series of Continuing Resolutions
DETROIT - On Wednesday, Comcast Corporation announced that its Internet Essentials program, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive high-speed Internet adoption program, has connected more than 13,000 low-income households benefitting more than 52,000 Detroiters. Across Michigan, which ranks seventh among all states for Internet Essentials, 50,000 low-income households have been connected, benefitting nearly 200,000 Michiganders.
ANN ARBOR - In the last three years, there has been a 20 percent increase in the number of venture-capital-backed startups in Michigan, a new survey shows, with West Michigan companies making up a third of them. The seed, startup, early stage and growth companies represented equally with approximately a third in West Michigan at
FLINT TOWNSHIP – Baker College has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant of nearly $512,000 to advance photonics and laser education at Baker College and in Michigan through June 2020. The goal, according to Anca Sala, Ph.D., Baker College dean of the College of Engineering, is to educate more students to become qualified photonics,
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast today, Co-host Mike Brennan will call from the Netherlands where he interviewed Henk Ovink, the government promoter of Dutch expertise on rising water and climate change. Also on the show will be Kathleen Norton-Schock who will be interviewing Theresa Ancick, data warehouse consultant and manager of Business Information Service
ROYAL OAK - Bamboo Detroit, a co-working space in downtown Detroit, has outgrown its space on the third floor of the Julian C. Madison Building and has leased the fourth floor, adding another 3,000 square feet. Co-founder Mike Ferlito explains what’s happening in this segment of M2 TechCast. Ferlito said the new buildout will produce
TROY - IoTTechConnect.Com, a new website focused on becoming a one-stop shop for companies offering Internet of Things products and services, is issuing a call for white papers, columns, and product offerings to display in an online catalogue. Topics include Autonomous Vehicles, Sensors and related hardware, cybersecurity, Industrial IoT, Agribusiness, Tourism, Wireless Mobility, Smart Buildings,
