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Dataspeed, Great Lakes Comic Con, PT Muldoon and ERC

ROYAL OAK - Another week, another great episode with our guests as we rolled through episode 183 of the IT in the D podcast from our Podcast Detroit studios.  We were joined by Dataspeed talking robotics and driverless cars, Great Lakes Comic Con chatting about their event next weekend (that you should totally be at…and

By |2017-02-21T18:15:19-05:00February 21st, 2017|IT in the D, Podcasts|

Detroit, Bloomfield Hills, Grandville, Rochester Teams WIN VEX Robotics At MSU

EAST LANSING - Detroit Catholic Central High School’s VEX Shambots B team won the coveted VEX Robotics Excellence Award and a three-team alliance from Bloomfield Hills, Grandville, and Rochester were high school tournament champions at the 2017 Michigan VEX Robotics State Championship on Sunday, Feb. 19, at Michigan State University. At the middle school level,

By |2017-02-21T18:06:37-05:00February 21st, 2017|ESD|

Meet Michigan’s Newest Venture Capital Company – Grand Ventures

GRAND RAPIDS - In Michigan Venture Capital has been on a slow and steady rise. Now, experienced investor Tim Streit of Huron River Ventures along with McKeel Hagerty an entrepreneur and investor, launched the newest VC firm Grand Ventures.  Previously Streit co-founded Huron River Ventures, which raised $16 million and invested in leading technology companies

By |2017-02-21T14:55:36-05:00February 21st, 2017|Entrepreneurs|

Lawrence Tech Celebrating Albert Kahn’s Huge Impact On Detroit Architecture With Events

ROYAL OAK - Lawrence Tech’s Catherine Phillips and Deirdre Hennebury join M2 TechCast co-hosts Mike Brennan and Matt Roush to discuss the huge impact Albert Kahn had on Detroit architecture. The Albert Kahn Research Coalition is collaborating with the LTU Library and the LTU College of Architecture and Design’s Lectures and Exhibitions Committee to present

By |2017-02-20T21:30:35-05:00February 20th, 2017|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Find Your Ditto Matches People Who Share Chronic Conditions – Inforum Interview

ROYAL OAK - Tember Shea, director of the Inforum inGAGE program for second-stage women entrepreneurs, interviewed Parisa Soraya, co-founder and chief product officer for Find Your Ditto - a mobile platform that brings together people who share chronic conditions, such as diabetes. Find Your Ditto in December won the first annual global Lyfebulb/Novo Nordisk Innovation

By |2017-02-20T21:01:28-05:00February 20th, 2017|Entrepreneurs, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Live Video Streaming Now Available At Automation Alley Events Courtesy CloudTech1

ROYAL OAK - If you’re not able to attend some of the great events held at Automation Alley, CloudTech1 has your back. The Managed Service Provider’s CEO Rick Beckers has announced a deal with Automation Alley to live video stream programs held in the big and small conference rooms. Beckers also is launching a series

By |2017-02-20T21:01:44-05:00February 20th, 2017|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Industry 4.0 To Transform Michigan Manufacturing: 2017 Automation Alley Technology Report

ROYAL OAK - Automation Alley’s Erin Sommerville provides highlights of the just released Automation Alley 2017 Technology Report that focuses on how Industry 4.0 - the cyber industrial revolution - will transform manufacturing in Michigan. If you are a Michigan manufacturer, or a technology company that wants to sell your products or services to manufacturers,

By |2017-02-20T19:47:56-05:00February 20th, 2017|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Drones Are Turning Civilians Into An Air Force Of Citizen Environmentalists

SAN FRANCISCO - Last Winter as meteorologists warned of a monster El Nino, researchers at the Nature Conservancy in California prepared to mobilize. El Niño promised to bring in king tides that would raise the sea level by as much as one foot above normal during high tide, causing flooding along the coastline that researchers

By |2017-02-20T21:43:38-05:00February 20th, 2017|Clean Update, Drones|

How An Ice Age Paradox Could Contribute To Rapidly Rising Sea Levels

ANN ARBOR - New findings from the University of Michigan explain an Ice Age paradox and add to the mounting evidence that climate change could bring higher seas than most models predict. The study, published in Nature, shows how small spikes in the temperature of the ocean, rather than the air, likely drove the rapid

By |2017-02-17T10:36:53-05:00February 17th, 2017|News|