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
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Monday Nov. 7, our guests include Kathleen Norton-Schock will highlight the MCWT gala, plus interview Julie Christ, Founder and CEO of Tech Smart Solutions. David Weaver, Chairman of Great Lakes Angels, will talk about the three companies pitching investors on Nov. 15. Melih Oztalay, CEO of Smart Finds Marketing,
DETROIT - Ride sharing SPLT won the $500,000 top prize Thursday night at the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, while Autobooks, an accounting application, was named second, collecting a check for $100,000. JOOL Health, a mobile-healthcare application, at third, won $50,000. Companies named as top presenters in each category won $25,000 each. The winners are: ProNav
PONTIAC - Individuals will be able to find data ranging from property information including addresses and boundaries to how to find parks and trails and locate floodplains in the new Access Oakland Open Data Portal that went live Nov. 1. “The county has hundreds of data sets which can become meaningful information in the hands
FARMINGTON HILLS - TiECon Midwest 2016, Michigan’s largest conference on entrepreneurship, presented by TiE Detroit, today announced the winners of the TiE2 Midwest Industry Awards. The winners represent the most enterprising startup companies in five focus segments: IOT, Sensors, Fintech, Transportation, Mobility, Health, Fitness and Manufacturing Devices, Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence. TiE 20 are an
