SANTA MONICA, Calif. - AirMap has come up with an App that allows drone operators to provide airports with real-time digital information about the location of their flights. Digital Notice and Awareness System (D-NAS) allows a UAS operator to send an encrypted digital flight notice to a secure dashboard at an airport's operations center. Flight information
PARIS - French Police in Paris have launched a bidding process for surveillance drones ahead of this summer's European Championships. Unlike the bomb-carrying drones used by US and British military in the Middle East, these drones will be small machines of a maximum weight of 10kg which will use six propellers to stay aloft. According to the Prefecture's contract
ANN ARBOR - Long-time non-profit business executive, Diane Durance, has been named as the Executive Director for Mi-Light, a photonics industry group. The announcement was made Tuesday, but Durance assumed her duties at the beginning of February. She will be in charge of marketing communications, managing membership and Board of Directors meetings, recruiting new members
ANN ARBOR - Join the North Campus Research Complex for the 2016 Michigan Robotics Day webinar today co-hosted by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences and the University of Michigan from 9 am to 1:30 pm. Experience the cutting-edge advances made by Michigan robotics’ companies and research organizations, hear from leading minds in the field,
FERNDALE - On M2 TechCast Monday April 4 interviews and news including Rave Computers’ Mobilebeast amped up workstations, plus updates on Motor City Connect, Automation Alley and the Michigan Small Business Development Center. Automation Alley COO Tom Kelly kicks off the live Internet radio show at 3 pm when he talks about about 7Cs, Automation
DETROIT - No joke – April 1, is the last day to register for the Global Automotive & Mobility Innovation Challenge. The finals are scheduled for April 12 at the SAE World Congress in Detroit's Cobo Center. The program was co-founded with MI Innovation Alliance and SAE International (Society Automotive Engineers). There are dozens of
DETROIT - The deadline to apply for DTX Launch Detroit, a 10-week summer accelerator at Wayne State University for college students and recent grads that want to launch a tech startup, is April 22. Participants will receive a stipend of $2,500 per individual (up to $7,500 per venture team) to test out their entrepreneurial dreams.
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan added more mixed economic news on Friday when it released its Surveys of Consumers that showed, despite small monthly variations, the overall level of consumer confidence has remained largely unchanged over the past three quarters. This stability has resulted from increased optimism about personal finances being offset by expectations of
WARREN - The U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center will host its annual Industry Days April 26-27 at the John Lewis Conference Center at Macomb Community College to offer a look ahead at the Army automotive R&D center’s ongoing plans, projects and needs. Included in the information offering are presentations describing the
DETROIT - Even though Comerica’s Economic Activity index this week reported a decline from the month before, the Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index released Friday rose to its highest value in six months. The Index spiked 7.1 points to 59.1 in March 2016, recovering from last month’s drop. The three-month average rose modestly from 54.6
