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Traverse City’s First Recreational Cannabis Dispensary Opens

TRAVERSE CITY- Traverse City's first recreational marijuana retailer opened last week. House of Dank, located at 514 Munson Avenue, has cleared all of its regulatory licensing for adult-use sales. Puff's Cannabis, located at South Garfield Avenue, is set to open for recreational sales on Monday. Traverse City issued 16 adult-use licenses on March 9. City-wide, the

By |2023-04-01T14:23:11-04:00April 1st, 2023|Marijuana Business, News|

Can We Afford To Ignore Green Hydrogen In Clean Energy Mix

NEW YORK - Historically a dark horse, green hydrogen energy has received renewed attention among global policy-makers and energy experts as a potential driver of net zero emissions. This is in large part because of significant advances in enabling technologies along with government subsidies and industrial policies supporting its research and development (e.g. more than

By |2023-06-25T16:15:58-04:00April 1st, 2023|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid|

Toyota’s Most Fuel-Efficient SUV Is Every EV’s Worst Nightmare

TOKYO - Toyota’s most fuel-efficient SUV is a historic nameplate for the Japanese automaker. The Toyota RAV4 Prime is the first-ever plug-in hybrid SUV from Toyota. The company is a pioneer in hybrid technology. Now, it’s leading the charge in PHEV tech as well with nameplates like the Toyota Prius Prime and Toyota RAV4 Prime. Here’s why

By |2023-04-01T14:23:48-04:00April 1st, 2023|Auto Tech, ESD|

AI Develops Cancer Treatment In 30 Days – Predicts How Long Patients Have To Live

LONDON - Artificial intelligence has developed a treatment for an aggressive form of cancer in just 30 days and demonstrated it can predict a patient's survival rate using doctors' notes. The breakthroughs were performed by separate systems, but show how the powerful technology's uses go far beyond the generation of images and text. University of Toronto

By |2023-04-01T12:07:16-04:00April 1st, 2023|Life Sciences, Science|

1,000-Foot Floating Multi-Turbine Unit Could Power 80,000 homes

NORWAY - Norwegian company Wind Catching Systems (WCS) has developed an innovative floating wind farm technology that features multiple smaller turbines mounted on a grid. The 1,000-foot-tall unit is designed to float in deep waters, where winds are stronger and turbines can perform more rotations per minute, generating more energy. The company claims that its

By |2023-04-01T12:07:17-04:00April 1st, 2023|Clean Update, Featured|

$22,000 Plus Startup Support Available Through Michigan Educational Innovation Contest

LANSING — Michigan residents with an interest in education or technology are encouraged to submit their ideas for improving teaching and learning in the second annual Michigan EdTech Innovation Pitch Contest & Bootcamp by May 14, 2023. Through a partnership between Michigan Virtual, Spartan Innovations, a subsidiary of MSU Research Foundation, and Michigan State’s Burgess

By |2023-04-01T12:07:17-04:00April 1st, 2023|Entrepreneurs, ESD, Featured|

The Case For How Artificial Intelligence Might Extinguish Humanity

NEW YORK - This is not the first time humanity has stared down the possibility of extinction due to its technological creations. But the threat of AI is very different from the nuclear weapons we've learned to live with. Nukes can't think. They can't lie, deceive or manipulate. They can't plan and execute. Somebody has

By |2023-04-01T12:07:18-04:00April 1st, 2023|Featured, Industry 4.0|

Tesla Cyber Attack Defense Fails, Hackers Win Model 3 At Event

SAN FRANCISCO - Tesla has been hacked at the Pwn2Own hacking event, and the hacking group has taken home a Tesla Model 3 and $100,000. As electric vehicles and their significant amount of integrated software have become more common in everyday life, the security around them has become significantly more critical. In the worst-case scenario,

By |2023-03-26T15:13:53-04:00March 26th, 2023|Auto Tech, Cyber Defense|

Scientists Develop Gene Test To Tell If Blood Cancer Medicine Will Work

LONDON, UK - Scientists have developed a test to identify which blood-cancer patients will benefit the most from a drug that can stop their cancer from returning. The test, which looks for genetic clues in cancer cells, can identify the ten per cent of patients who see little effect from life-saving lenalidomide. This could spare them

By |2023-03-26T15:17:06-04:00March 26th, 2023|Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|

JPMorgan To Let Customers Pay With Their Face Or Palm Instead Of Credit Card

NEW YORK - JPMorgan Chase & Co. is planning to test new technology that would let consumers pay with their palms or faces at certain US merchants. The bank, home to one of the world’s biggest payment-processing businesses, plans to roll out the service to its broader base of US merchant clients if the pilot program goes

By |2023-03-26T14:56:08-04:00March 26th, 2023|Featured, Science|