mikebrennan

About Mike Brennan

Founder of Michigan News Network, and serves as CEO, as well as Editor & Publisher of MITECHNEWS.COM. Brennan has worked since 1980 as a technology writer at newspapers in New York, NY, San Jose, CA., Seattle, WA., Memphis, TN., Detroit, MI., and London, England. He co-founded and served as managing editor of Pacific Rim News Service (SEATTLE), which developed a network of more than 100 freelance journalists in 17 Asia-Pacific countries.

Cow Injected With Human DNA Produces Milk Containing Human Insulin

Millions of people living with type 1 diabetes around the world don't have reliable access to insulin. Due to their bodies' inability to produce the hormone, they have to inject it to ensure that glucose can enter cells to produce energy. But finding an affordable and reliable source of insulin has remained difficult in many

By |2024-03-16T17:13:16-04:00March 16th, 2024|Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|

Michigan February Cannabis Sales $261.1 Million, Up 10 Percent From January

LANSING - Michigan cannabis sales in February totaled $261.1 million, up nearly 10 percent from the $242.8 recorded in January. Total includes both adult-use and medical sales. Adult-use sales were $257.9 million, and medical only $2.2 million. For medical cannabis the average ounce sales price was $102.16 and for adult-use $91.94, the Cannabis Regulatory Agency reported.

By |2024-03-14T16:53:16-04:00March 14th, 2024|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

DEA Officials At Odds With Biden Admin Over Marijuana Rescheduling Push

WASHINGTON DC - Officials with the Drug Enforcement Administration are reportedly resisting calls to reschedule marijuana, creating tension with the White House as President Joe Biden continues to tout his role in directing the cannabis review. That’s according to an article published by The Wall Street Journal on Saturday, with the report citing “people familiar

By |2024-03-13T11:28:58-04:00March 13th, 2024|Marijuana Business, News|

Cantilever Investors Building 3 Innovator Campuses In Ann Arbor Area

ANN ARBOR - Cantilever Investors created an innovation center campus in Ann Arbor and is set to open two more campuses, a second at Zeeb Road and I-94 and a third in Ypsilanti. Ann Arbor's campus focuses on Biotech, Zeeb campus on energy tech and Ypsilanti on Medical tech. Managing Partner Steve Tokarz explains how

By |2024-03-12T11:24:25-04:00March 12th, 2024|Entrepreneurs, mitechtv|

U M Helps Organize NSF Great Lakes Business Advisory Group

ANN ARBOR - The NSF I-Corps Hub: Great Lakes Region is part of the National Innovation Network, a national network of NSF-funded researchers from I-Corps Teams and Hubs. Working together, this network of thinkers addresses America’s need for innovation education. Long-time Michigan entrepreneurial influencer Diane Durance explains in the vide interview that to achieve the

By |2024-03-12T10:17:08-04:00March 12th, 2024|Entrepreneurs, mitechtv|

Automation Alley Industry 4.0 Second Playbook Published

TROY - Automation Alley has published the second playbook of the 2024 Integr8 Roundtable Series. The new digital playbook focuses on preparing a workforce for the needs of Industry 4.0 based on insights gathered at the Jan. 24 roundtable discussion, which featured participants representing technology, manufacturing, government and academia sectors. “The way companies make products

By |2024-03-12T11:39:30-04:00March 11th, 2024|Industry 4.0, mitechtv|

Shaping Skylines: How Digital Fabrication Revolutionizes Los Angeles Architecture

Architecture has always been a reflection of the times, a blend of art, science, and technology that materializes the cultural and environmental ethos of society. Across the globe, and particularly in the urban terrain of Los Angeles, the push towards digitalization has made an indelible mark on the industry. The use of digital fabrication techniques

By |2024-03-11T09:44:32-04:00March 11th, 2024|Guest Columns|

MIT Develops Battery-Free Tech That Draws Energy From Environment

BOSTON - Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have invented a device that operates without a battery or a plug — and sans dirty energy. "We have provided an example of a battery-less sensor that does something useful, and shown that it is a practically realizable solution. Now others will hopefully use our framework

By |2024-03-10T16:20:08-04:00March 10th, 2024|Science|

Higher Orbits Set to Launch Winning Michigan Students’ Research Experiment To International Space Station

DETROIT - The winning team of Higher Orbits’ Go For Launch! Michigan Aerospace Manufacturing Association (MAMA) series of events is gearing up to launch their student research experiment to the International Space Station on mission SpaceX-30 in mid-March. The student team, Team Space Shell 6, created the winning experiment of the Go For Launch! MAMA

By |2024-03-08T17:53:00-05:00March 8th, 2024|ESD|

Lots Of Events In 2024 For Michigan Council of Women In Technology

ANN ARBOR - It’s International Women’s Day, a global day to celebrate women’s achievements and take action to accelerate equality. Joining Mike Brennan and Matt Roush on MITech TV is Kathleen Norton-Schock, spokeswoman for the Michigan Council of Women In Technology, a group that has provided more than $2 million in scholarships to women to develop

By |2024-03-08T10:29:43-05:00March 8th, 2024|Entrepreneurs, mitechtv|