DETROIT - The City of Detroit ambulance fleet is going green.Last summer, over the summer, the city partnered with NextEnergy and Navitas Systems to retrofit 31 city ambulances with auxiliary power units, saving the City money and improving air quality. The upgrades are funded by a $1 million grant from the Michigan Department of Transportation's
CHICAGO - Clean Energy Trust is calling on the most innovative cleantech startups from across the Midwest to compete in the 6th Annual Clean Energy Trust Challenge, a single-day pitch competition that will award $1 million to start-ups in April 2016 - nearly ten times the amount distributed at the annual event in 2011. The
LANSING - Using unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly called drones, could provide safety benefits and asset management benefits in monitoring the conditions of the state's roads and bridges, the results of a study by the Department of Transportation show. MDOT has released results of a study using a variety of drones in tests of state highways
FERNDALE - M2 TechCast episode one featured cybersecurity experts Richard Stiennon and Dan Lohrmann, Angel Investor David Weaver, and video game producers Jason Vazzano and Sean Hurwitz, plus Jenell Leonard, Commissioner of the Michigan Film & Digital Media Office. To listen, click on http://www.podcastdetroit.com/audio/m2techcast-debuts-on-podcast-detroit/
EAST LANSING - A team of researchers, including some from Michigan State University, is making a smart material smarter in order to make a better antenna. Using a series of grants from the National Science Foundation, the team is manipulating a material known as vanadium dioxide, or VO2, making it useable in a size that
HOUGHTON - Washington Monthly magazine's newly released College Guide ranked Michigan Technological University seventh in the nation for its ROTC program and 15th for faculty receiving significant research grants. The magazine's latest rankings also placed Michigan Tech in the top 25 percent of all national universities and the top 18 percent for students earning
CARLETON - Members of The Engineering Society of Detroit enjoyed a tour of the Guardian Industries Inc. glass plant in Carleton Thursday afternoon. The plant, built in 1970, is capable of producing up to about 1,000 tons of float glass a day on its two lines. It employs just over 400 and operates 24
MUSKEGON - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum's September membership meeting will feature a spotlight on sustainability at Harley-Davidson, beach clean-ups, and waste diversion. This month's luncheon is at the Harley-Davidson Sustainability Spotlighted At Business Forum Institute in Muskegon September 14 from Noon to 2 pm. The leading brand in an industry not traditionally known for
MIDLAND - The traditional capital market for startups is broken, but a growing network of angel investors are stepping in to fill the void of early-stage companies getting funding. Ken Kousky, CEO at MMIC and President of BlueWater Angels, will lead this in-depth workshop on the fundamentals of angel investing and the steps you must
LANSING - A bipartisan group of four representatives representing both peninsulas said Thursday they are introducing bills designed to remove barriers for businesses and individuals in the state to generate their own energy and receive fair-value pricing. Rep. Jeff Irwin(D-Ann Arbor) andRep. Ed McBroom(R-Vulcan) worked on similar legislation last term and joinedRep. Scott Dianda(D-Calumet) andRep.
