ANN ARBOR - Electric and hybrid electric vehicles are in the fast lane to wider adoption, according to a new study by University of Michigan researchers, that contends most drivers could go electric within the next decade. The researchers analyzed the present status of electric vehicles in the U.S., their life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions, and
ROYAL OAK - The Michigan Clean Energy Conference & Fair will be held in Traverse City June 23 - 25. And new Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association Executive Director John Freeman provides all the details in this M2 TechCast Update. The Friday afternoon session on June 23 will take place at the State Theater, 233
TEL AVIV, Israel - Cyber Week 2017, one of the most important annual cyber events in the world, will be held at Tel Aviv International University June 25-29 and MITechNews.Com Editor and Publisher Mike Brennan will be there to provide complete coverage in text, audio and video. The conference will include speakers and delegations from
ROYAL OAK - SnugLit, a wearable, portable solution to infant jaundice, is the latest product from TheraB Medical, an East Lansing startup. Its Chief Executive Officer, Alexa Jones, is working with Inforum’s inGage, a mentoring program for second-stage female entrepreneurs, to take her company to the next level. inGage Director Tember Shea interviews Jones on
ROYAL OAK - Talent, talent, talent is what is needed to keep Michigan at the forefront of auto technology, David Cole, Chairman of Auto Harvest, said on this segment of M2 TechCast. Skilled trades and technicians, engineers with electro mechanical skills, are at the top of the list. Cole said the productivity improvements with the
ROYAL OAK - Comcast has rolled out new video surveillance product for businesses and Jeffrey Marston, vice president of Business Services for the Heartland Region, was on M2 TechCast to provide all the details. Listen up businesses in Clinton Township where a new ordinance requires business with high-crime potential to install video surveillance by Oct.
ANN ARBOR - Americans love their pickup trucks, SUVs and minivans, as long as they believe they can afford them, a new University of Michigan study confirms. Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle of the U-M Transportation Research Institute examined the relationship between relative sales of cars (passenger cars and stations wagons) and light trucks (pickup
LANSING - Michigan Legislators will have to produce documents regarding their correspondence with third parties in discovery for litigation, according to a ruling from the bench Friday morning from federal magistrate Judge Ellen Carmody. The ruling came in a suit Tesla Motors has brought against the state, alleging the state discriminated against it by blocking
LANSING - Video surveillance of businesses is a rapidly growing market, and state lawmakers Thursday passed a bill revising the rules so that small firms can have camera systems installed without an electrical inspection. HB 4654 and HB 4655, sponsored by Reps. Michele Hoitenga (R-Manton) and Beth Griffin (R-Mattawan), would allow small security camera systems
TORONTO - RaptorUAS, a developer of high performance unmanned aerial systems (UAS), has announced that it has completed tests for the conversion of their high performance Raptor E1 UAS to a hybrid VTOL fixed wing platform: the Raptor EV. The ultra lightweight Raptor EV UAS has achieved five hour endurance at 16.5 m/s in an
