ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan researcher Silvia Lindtner has received one of the first Convergence awards from the National Science Foundation. Lindtner, U-M assistant professor of information, will receive one of the 23 inaugural awards for work to address societal challenges pertaining to work at the human-technology frontier. The amount awarded is $99,185.
ANN ARBOR - A $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant will launch oVert, a new initiative to "teleport" museum specimens from their shelves to the Internet by CT scanning 20,000 vertebrates and making these data-rich, 3-D images available to researchers, educators, students and the public. The University of Michigan is one of 16 research institutions
WASHINGTON DC - The White House has approved a plan to turn the US Cyber Command into its own military command. Cyber Command will be elevated to the status of "Unified Combatant Command," President Donald Trump said in a statement Friday. This puts it on par with the nine other unified commands of the military, like Central Command,
DETROIT — AT&T Inc. says it has expanded its 1-gigabit internet connection service to more locations of Detroit, Ann Arbor, Royal Oak, Huntington Woods, Berkley, St. Clair Shores, Livonia, Pittsfield Township, and surrounding areas. The company had already established gigabit service in parts of Canton Township, Lyon township, Novi, and Grand Rapids. Next up for
WASHINGTON DC – Globally, more than 1,600 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles were sold or leased in the first half of 2017, according to a report published this week. More than 1,000 of these vehicles were sold in California, the only state in the U.S. where these vehicles are commercially available. Less than 500 of these
ANN ARBOR - Despite that most web traffic today comes from smartphones and tablets, the mobile web remains inconveniently slow. Even on fast 4G networks, a page takes 14 seconds to load on average—an eternity in today's connected world. A team of computer science researchers at the University of Michigan and MIT has found a
HOUGHTON - Two projects involving Michigan Tech researchers and small companies are among 20 that have been funded by the Small Company Innovation Program, part of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. The Petoskey Plastics project involves technology developed by Professor of Chemistry Patricia Heiden, and StabiLux Biosciences is a startup founded by Yoke Khin Yap,
ANN ARBOR - As more employers turn to sites like LinkedIn, CareerBuilder and Snagajob to recruit talent, job seekers from low-income areas or who have limited education often are left out, which one University of Michigan researcher hopes to change. Tawanna Dillahunt, assistant professor at the U-M School of Information and College of Engineering, has
LANSING - The Michigan Agency for Energy has issued a Request for Proposals for $100,000 in grants to Michigan municipalities, public K-12 schools, hospitals, nonprofit organizations and small businesses for energy waste reduction and renewable energy products and services. This is the first time that hospitals are included in the program. Projects must benefit public
NOVI - U.S. Army Gen. Gus Perna in this video interview discusses how contractors need to work with Material Command at the 2017 Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium and Advanced Planning Briefing for Industry. Gen. Perna also expressed frustration with the annual U.S. Budget process that has turned into a series of Continuing Resolutions
