ROYAL OAK - No really, there’s a podcasting conference that asked us to speak, and we’ll be there next weekend, so we brought the man organizing it up to the studios to make sure he knew what he was in for…and surprisingly, we’re still going. We also talked about DSDT, where we’ve opened our new downtown
LANSING - Considering solar energy? Solar is now so cheap in the United States it beat government goals by three years. Solar continues to be a rowing fraction of US utility-scale electricity generation. On September 12th the US Department of Energy announced that utility-grade solar panels have hit 2020 cost targets three years early. Utility-scale
PONTIAC - Oakland County is hosting MFGDAY 2017 Tour Take-off at the Pontiac Technical campus Oct. 5. More than 400 students will be attending tours throughout the county. This is the third year Oakland County has organized a Countywide MFGDAY tour. MFGDAY is a national event where across America students will be learning what modern
SAN JOSE, Ca. - Chip maker Intel announced last week that is has partnered with Google spin-out Waymo since 2009. Intel has been supplying Xeon processors, Arria field programmable gate arrays - for machine vision - and gigabit ethernet solutions - to let all the various components talk to each other. "With three million miles
LANSING - Some House Democrats on Monday announced legislation they said would aid in creating healthy school environments to help students learn and the creation of a Better Classroom Caucus to address environmental and health factors in schools. Rep. Robert Wittenberg (D-Oak Park) will chair the new caucus, a statement said. Mr. Wittenberg along with Rep. Stephanie
LANSING - Fifteen House members last week unveiled their auto insurance reform plan, a package called the “Fair and Affordable No-Fault Reform Package" that they claim will reduce auto insurance rates 20 to 30 percent without cutting benefits. "Michigan's auto insurance system is among the very best in the world when it comes to providing
NOVI - ITC will be conducting its semi-annual aerial patrols of high-voltage transmission towers and lines in southeast Michigan from September 18-20, including Ingrahm, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston, Monroe, Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne Counties. The patrols are done in the spring and fall. The helicopter patrols are conducted to provide an overall status of the overhead
HOUGHTON - The Michigan Pipeline Safety Advisory Board voted unanimously Monday to recommend Michigan Technological University lead a risk analysis of the 63-year old Enbridge Line 5 pipelines that runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac and would pose a significant environmental risk to the Great Lakes if they were to rupture, scientific studies have shown.
WASHINGTON DC. – The National Small Business Association Monday released its 2017 Mid-Year Economic Report where the small-business outlook on the overall economy is at its highest point in seven years despite growing frustration over elected officials’ inability to enact needed reforms. “For the first half of 2017, we’ve seen record highs in small-business confidence and outlook,
ANN ARBOR - Certified Public Accounting Firm UHY LLP is opening its fourth Michigan office, this time in Ann Arbor so it can be nearer to clients in Washtenaw County and beyond. The new office will be in a renovated suite on East Eisenhower Parkway, just minutes from the University of Michigan’s main campus and
