DETROIT - Even though the Michigan film credits were eliminated by the Michigan legislature last year, the state has agreed to honor a portion of the agreement originally made with Paramount Pictures and awarded the movie studio $21 million in incentives - half the original amount - to shoot some of "Transformers 5" in Detroit
HOUGHTON - After more than 130 years, Michigan Tech rolled out its first cohesive, University-wide brand on Feb. 26, including a new logo. “We want to give our audiences a better sense of who Michigan Tech is, of the thing that makes Michigan Tech so special,” MTU President Glenn Mroz said. “We wanted something that
EAST LANSING - Thirty-two young women from all over Michigan, representing the state’s upcoming technical talent among female computer science students, will be honored with an Aspirations in Computing Award March 5 at Michigan State University. MSU, Michigan Technological University, and Oakland University will host this year’s event, which begins at 9 a.m. in MSU’s
FERNDALE - Drone Law Pro Enrico Schaefer outlines new rules proposed by the Federal Aviation Administration, called Part 107, that would exempt drones under 4.4 pounds from FAA regulations. About 60 percent of all drones in use now in the United States are under that weight. The other issue, points out cybersecurity expert Richard Stiennon,
FERNDALE - Cybersecurity experts Dan Lohrmann and Richard Stiennon join M2 (Squared) TechCast co-hosts Mike Brennan and Matt Roush to discuss a federal judge’s order to help the FBI hack the iPhone used by Syed Farook, the gunman in the San Bernardino, California, shooting that killed 14 people and injured 22 others in December. Apple
FERNDALE – Lawrence Technological University started hosting Summer Science Camps four years ago during Michigan’s recession to rekindle the idea that Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) were still educational programs that lead to great paying jobs. Four years later, STEAM jobs are in great demand as is LTU’s Science Camp. Last year's camp
WASHINGTON DC. - Building new wind farms in the U.S has added $13 billion a year on average to the American economy over the past five years. According to information released today by the American Wind Energy Association - more money each year than the annual revenue generated by Major League Baseball. “By building new
FERNDALE - The Travel Michigan decision to hire a Florida marketing company to rebuild the Pure Michigan website in a lucrative $400,000 contract has the Michigan web development community up in arms. On Monday, Feb. 29, Travel Michigan Spokesman Michelle Grinnell will appear on M2 (Squared) TechCast to explain the reasoning. Grinnell joins the show,
LANSING - Members of environmental and conservation groups on Thursday called for Governor Rick Snyder to appoint a permanent Department of Environmental Quality director who has environmental and public health expertise to shake up the "culture of complacency" at the department, they said. "The department is charged with protecting our state from hazards to human
LANSING - The Flint water crisis continues to roil the administration of Governor Rick Snyder with a stunning shake-up Thursday in his communications staff as he reassigned Communications Director Meegan Holland and Press Secretary Dave Murray, who were less than three months into their jobs, and named Ari Adler as his new communications director. One
