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Vehicle-To-Vehicle Communications Tech Gets Thumbs Up From UMTRI, Mobility Center

ANN ARBOR - Leaders of the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute and Mobility Transformation Center support the U.S. Department of Transportation's proposed rule announced Tuesday that would mandate vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology on all new light-duty vehicles. The technology would enable a multitude of new crash-avoidance applications that could prevent hundreds of thousands of crashes

By |2016-12-13T20:59:39-05:00December 13th, 2016|Autonomous Vehicles|
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16 High School Girls Win $2,775 In MCWT Foundation Website Design Competition

DETROIT - Sixteen high school girls took home $2,775 in combined prizes in the Michigan Council of Women In Technology Foundation’s 11th annual girls website design competition. Winners were identified on Dec. 3 during “finals day” at Blue Care Network’s auditorium in Southfield, the culmination of a three-month-long program. During the event, sponsored by Mercedes-Benz Financial

By |2016-12-13T20:49:41-05:00December 13th, 2016|Entrepreneurs|
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Report: China, Asia Vault Past U.S. In Global Clean-Energy Tech Market

 WASHINGTON - China and other Asian nations have vaulted past the United States to the forefront of the global clean-energy technology market, according to a new report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. But if the Trump administration and new Congress prioritize energy innovation, America can wrest back its market leadership and in doing

By |2016-12-13T20:39:29-05:00December 13th, 2016|Clean Update|
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Michigan State University Foundation Launches $5 Million Venture Fund

LANSING - The Michigan State University Foundation announced the formation of its new, $5 Million venture investing subsidiary, Red Cedar Ventures. Its newest program features both a pre-seed fund and an opportunity fund focused on helping Michigan State University-based startups and technologies overcome critical funding gaps, accelerate growth, and provide follow-on, growth-stage capital. “We have

By |2016-12-13T20:27:12-05:00December 13th, 2016|Entrepreneurs|
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Michigan Technological University Summer Youth Program Taking Applications For 2017

HOUGHTON - Michigan Technological University's Summer Youth Programs has announced its 2017 summer courses for middle and high school students, including several new explorations such as Coding for the Internet of Things, the World of Design, Global Discovery 101 and Computing Elements.   SYP includes pre-college explorations and competitive scholarship programs featuring hands-on activities, field trips

By |2016-12-13T20:12:55-05:00December 13th, 2016|Guest Columns|
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Automation Alley’s Kelly Talks About Trade Missions, Including Cuba, Australia

ROYAL OAK - Automation Alley Executive Director Tom Kelly joins Matt Roush and Mike Brennan on M2 TechCast to talk about recent trade missions and upcoming ones including Australia. The most recent trade mission was to Cuba - one of the best Automation Alley has even had, Kelly said. The proposed Australian trade mission would

By |2016-12-13T17:12:10-05:00December 13th, 2016|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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Great Lakes Health Connects Health Care Providers With Secure Digital Record Transfer

ROYAL OAK - Great Lakes Health Connect serves as the middle man between health care providers that want to move digital health care records. Brian Mack, Manager of Marketing and Communications for Great Lakes Health Connect, explains the service his company provides in an interview with Keith Brophy, state director of the Michigan Small Business

By |2016-12-13T17:13:07-05:00December 13th, 2016|M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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Thinking Of Buying A Drone For Xmas? Listen To Drone Law Pro Schaefer Explain The FAA Rules

ROYAL OAK - Drone Law Pro Enrico Schaefer updates the M2 TechCast audience by discussing how a student in Philadelphia flying his drone nearly flew into the path of a police helicopter that was observing a Trump rally. The pilot was flying at night and beyond his line of sight - both against FAA rules.

By |2016-12-13T17:13:19-05:00December 13th, 2016|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|
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U-D Mercy Grant Creates Female Professor Of Mechanical Engineering In Assistive Tech

DETROIT - A major grant from the Henry Luce Foundation’s Clare Boothe Luce Program will provide funding for a new female professor of mechanical engineering specializing in assistive technology at University of Detroit Mercy’s College of Engineering & Science. The Clare Boothe Luce Program is dedicated to increasing the participation of women in the sciences

By |2016-12-12T22:13:50-05:00December 12th, 2016|News|
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Who Is MTAM And What Do We Mean By Mobile, Wireless And Connected Technologies?

GRAND RAPIDS - Michigan Mobile Musings is a weekly broadcast from the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan (MTAM). We are a non-profit trade association for Michigan's mobile/wireless (or connected) technologies industry and the first state-based mobile/wireless or connected technologies trade association in the U.S. Our guests are from various companies, primarily right here in Michigan, who

By |2016-12-14T14:45:40-05:00December 12th, 2016|Michigan Mobile Musings, Podcasts|
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