DETROIT - Imagine you’re at a concert watching your favorite band, and out of the corner of your eye you notice a tethered drone hovering nearby. But this drone isn’t taking photos or videos of the band. It's temporarily providing enhanced LTE wireless coverage at the packed venue so you, along with thousands of others
ANN ARBOR - Before you download that Pokemon Go app and start collecting Pikachus and Jigglypuffs, know that the Alphabet spin-off Niantic, Inc. that developed the game is collecting information about the collectors, particularly if you log in from your gmail account. Doing so gives Niantic access to all your account information. Like most apps that
SOUTHFIELD - A Southfield art gallery owner told police his 2016 Tesla Model X was in Autopilot mode when it crashed and rolled over on the Pennsylvania Turnpike last week, the Detroit Free Press reported. The crash came just one day after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a report on a fatal crash
BERLIN - A sixth-generation fighter aircraft design under review by European aerospace giant Airbus is a stealthy two-seater that could also fly as an unmanned drone. At a briefing in Germany, Airbus discussed a possible replacement for the Tornado fighters currently flown by Germany's Luftwaffe. The Tornado is primarily a strike aircraft, built to destroy
LANSING - As a prefix, neo means new. And as the name of a business incubator near Lansing’s Old Town district, NEO stands for The Center for New Enterprise Opportunity—a resource to assist entrepreneurs as they grow their new ideas. Six years ago, Tom Stewart, NEO Center Managing Partner, began NEO with a business development
WILLISTON, Florida - One person died in a May crash in Florida involving a Tesla Model S cruising on its semi-autonomous Autopilot mode, as Tesla has officially confirmed. NHTSA is currently investigating the wreck. It was in a Model S last month, and only now are details of the crash public, thanks to a statement
DETROIT - Technology is playing a bigger role than ever in the car-buying experience, whether it’s the technology on the car making it safer or easier to drive or the technology used to determine what vehicle is best for the buyer. In today’s highly connected lifestyle, new vehicles are laden with more and more safety
SAN FRANCISCO - Elon Musk has proposed combining his electric-car and solar-energy companies, in a bold effort to consolidate his holdings and offer widespread clean-energy products from vehicles to power in homes. Musk wants to combine Tesla Motors with SolarCity Corp. On Tuesday, he made a stock offer to acquire the portion of SolarCity he
ANN ARBOR - On-demand, driverless public buses. Data-driven accident avoidance systems. "Smart" traffic systems that dramatically reduce emissions and congestion. Two new data science projects at the University of Michigan are working toward making these autonomous driving systems a reality. Supported by the Michigan Institute for Data Science Challenge Initiatives program and UM-Dearborn, the projects
HOUGHTON - Carbon dioxide emissions from dry and oxygen-rich environments will likely strengthen the climate forcing impact of thawing permafrost on top of methane release from oxygen-poor wetlands in the Arctic, according to a study in Nature Climate Change. The study was led by Northern Arizona University assistant research professor, Christina Schädel. One of
