DETROIT - The manufacturing industry in America is moving rapidly to embrace technology as a critical part of its processes and plans to make new technological investments in 2017, but barriers to Industry 4.0 adoption still exist, according to Automation Alley’s 2017 Technology Industry Report, released Monday. Industry 4.0, also known as the fourth industrial
LANSING - Fake news is now headline news. Add in fake apps and fake websites, and many organizations have a huge credibility problem. Let’s explore what you can do for real. Hoaxes have been around forever. From online pictures of seven-headed snakes to Russian President Putin riding a bear, most people know better and move on
ANN ARBOR - Genomenon has launched Mastermind, an analytic and data visualization tool that accelerates gene and variant curation by providing immediate insight into millions of scientific articles from primary medical literature. Mastermind delivers a comprehensive knowledge base of disease-gene-variant relationships curated from primary medical literature, organized into clinical categories, and prioritized by the strength
ANN ARBOR — The United States health care industry added only 18,000 jobs in January 2017, the slowest monthly increase since January 2014, which marked the onset of the expanded coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act. That’s the top news out of the monthly Health Sector Economic Indicators, released by the Center for Sustainable
ANN ARBOR - Most Americans have some concerns that self-driving cars can be hacked to cause crashes, disable the vehicle in some way or even be used as weapons by terrorists, according to researchers at the University of Michigan. Large percentages of people are at least slightly concerned that these kinds of vehicles can be
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Monday Feb. 13, Tember Shea from Inforum will interview her guest Parisa Soraya, co-founder & chief product officer, Find Your Ditto. Rick Beckers, CEO of CloudTech1, will talk about a couple of new projects he’s doing with Automation Alley that include streaming video and a monthly meet up for
ANN ARBOR - Organizers of the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium have issued their call for presenting companies, who want to offer their visions for innovative products and services to an audience of more than 600 investors, founders, and tech transfer professionals. MGCS will return for its 36th annual celebration of entrepreneurship and business growth May 16-17 at
EAST LANSING – Around 500 of Michigan’s youngest robotic masters are coming to Michigan State University in East Lansing for the Michigan VEX Robotics State Championships, Sunday, Feb. 19. Competitors from 48 high school and 28 middle school teams will gather in Jenison Field House during the tournament that runs from 9 a.m. to 5
LANSING - Companies based in Michigan's border counties could receive a business incentive by hiring employees who don't necessarily live in Michigan under legislation passed in the Senate Thursday. The incentive - grants, loans or other economic assistance to qualified business based on a review by the Michigan Strategic Fund - is through the Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS - You expand your product and service portfolio. Upgrade your IT tools and technology. Refresh your facilities. Isn’t it time you thought about an extreme communication makeover? Join us to learn the five things you should do now (and a few things you should stop doing) to ramp up your communications to grow
