ROYAL OAK - On this segment of M2 TechCast, Keith Brophy, state director of the Michigan Small Business Development Center, interviews HyGenesis chief operating officer Robert Kosnik who describes his product Hand Armor. A single application of HyGenesis technologies can reduce surface contamination on hands for hours, on surfaces for months and on textiles for up to
ROYAL OAK - The Marburger STEM center will expose young people to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (and now the Arts) at Lawrence Tech University. Sibrina Collins, executive director of LTU’s Marburger STEM Center, appears on M2 TechCast to explain how this project will help students. Opened in August 2016, the A. Alfred Taubman Engineering,
ROYAL OAK - Amanda Lewan, president of Bamboo Detroit, describes its new 6000 square foot location in downtown Detroit at the Julian C. Madison Building on Washington. It will include dedicated desks and private offices, plus a lot more space for start-ups to grow. It is expected to accommodate up to 300 entrepreneurs, up 161
ANN ARBOR - A way to coax simple, inorganic nanoparticles to spontaneously assemble into shells has been discovered, potentially paving the way for more efficient industrial chemical processing, gene delivery and clean-up of chemical contaminants in the environment, researchers say. And it explores how life may have started. “This work brings up the deeper questions
HOUGHTON - Michigan Technological University has received $2.8 million from the US Department of Energy to develop next-generation control systems for light-duty hybrid electric vehicles. Tech is one of three Michigan recipients of a total of $8.5 million in new grants from DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. Nationwide, 10 projects received $32 million in funding
FLINT TOWNSHIP - Jacob Smith, a Baker College graduate, has been named to the National Kitchen and Bath Association “30 under 30” list for his kitchen design wizardry, exceptional work ethic and dedication to community service. Smith, 26, of Flushing, is the youngest of eight designers at Starline Kitchen and Bath Gallery, Flushing. The “30
DETROIT - University of Michigan Associate Professor Nancy Benovich Gilby has been named the Woman of the Year in Technology by the Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation. Benovich Gilby is the Ehrenberg director of entrepreneurship at the University of Michigan’s School of Information. MCWT launched the award this year to recognize women in Michigan leading or
PHILADELPHIA - Roboticists are putting a tremendous amount of time and effort into finding the right combination of sensors and algorithms that will keep their drones from smashing into things. It’s a very difficult problem: With a few exceptions, you’ve got small platforms that move fast and don’t have the payload capability for the kind of
NEW YORK - For GoPro, there was nowhere to go but up–literally. Its first drone, dubbed the Karma, hit the market last week, a strategic moonshot aimed at carrying the struggling company beyond the increasingly saturated market for cubic cameras in a plastic case. Despite its listless efforts to become a media player, GoPro is still
DETROIT - The good news is the Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index leaped seven points in October indicating a strong local economic outlook. The bad news is one third of these respondents said they aren’t confident the upward trend will hold in part because of the uncertainty of the presidential election on Nov. 8. Looking
