DETROIT - The North American International Auto Show was a magnet for 208,327 people on opening weekend – all wanting to get a glimpse of the more than 700 vehicles on display and the over 50 vehicles that debuted earlier in the week at Press Preview. Attendees experienced a show floor that has undergone a
ANN ARBOR - The Ann Arbor Art Center will turn the mid-winter school break - from Feb. 15 to Feb. 19 - into a week of hands-on art prove that involve collaboration, experimentation, critical thinking and problem solving. Its theme for the week will be an explosion of color! Kids will learn new ways to use
DETROIT - The US Army has a problem. About a fifth of the employees who work for the Army in its Materiel Command are eligible for retirement, including many of the 7,500 civilian and military employees who work at the TACOM Life Cycle Management Command in Warren, the home of the old Detroit Arsenal. On
SOTUTHFIELD - The Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurs on January 26 is Michigan’s premier business showcase for launching entrepreneurs and introducing Michigan business startups and exhibitors to the growing Michigan entrepreneurial community. ACE’16 will be held Tuesday afternoon, January 26, at the Westin Hotel in Southfield in the afternoon. More than 750 attendees are expected and
DETROIT - U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Thursday at the North American International Auto Show that the federal government would like to spend $4 billion over the next decade to make autonomous vehicles a reality on America’s roads. “Automated vehicles open up opportunities for saving time, saving lives and saving fuel,” Foxx said. “We
TRAVERSE CITY - Appia Communications announced the availability of its Cloud desktops that deliver a Windows desktop experience that includes Microsoft Office 2013 Standard, with options to upgrade to Professional Plus, add hosted Microsoft Exchange, and add line of business applications. For more than 15 years, Appia has provided Cloud voice, cellular, colocation, call center,
ANN ARBOR - The U-M Office of Research announced on January 11 that James R. Sayer has been appointed Director of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, the developer of the Mcity, the U-M’s 32 acre autonomous driving experiment range on north campus. Carol Flannagan, who has served as Interim Director of UMTRI during
SUNNYVALE, Ca. - An interesting photo of Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn testing a quadcopter drone at the Nissan Research Center in Silicon Valley. Dare we call it the Ghosn (pronounced Gohn) drone? When asked by MITechNews.Com Editor Mike Brennan if the photo hinted that Nissan is working on flying cars, Nissan spokesman Rachel
KALAMAZOO - The Monroe-Brown Internship Program, a partnership between Southwest Michigan First and the Monroe-Brown Foundation, announced that 35 internships are available at 31 Southwest Michigan companies for students in engineering, information technology, business development, interior design, human resources, marketing, winemaking and financial management – just to name a few. The program is open to
AUBURN HILLS - Accutrak Consulting & Accounting Services has joined the Executives-in-Residence program at Macomb-OU INCubator. As a part of the program, Accutrak will be located on site at Mac-OU INC to provide complimentary consultation to Mac-OU INC client companies. The Mac-OU INC EIR program allows commercialization clients to consult with expert professionals for approximately
