DETROIT – How could your business use technology to help enhance your business? If you can answer that question in a 250-word essay you could have a chance to win up to $30,000 and participate in a day of mentoring with teams of business experts courtesy of Comcast Business and its Innovations 4 Entrepreneurs competition.
EAST LANSING - Anil Jain, University Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Jain’s election to the Class of 2016 was announced Feb. 8 by NAE President C.D. (Dan) Mote Jr. He
GAINES TOWNSHIP - Switch Communications Group LLC has selected Lansing-based The Christman Co. to serve as the general contractor for the company’s data center project at the former Steelcase pyramid building, MiBiz reported Monday. The Las Vegas-based operator of co-located cloud-based data centers plans to invest up to $5 billion into the West Michigan facility,
ANN ARBOR - Rubicon Genomics announced Monday a new agreement with Beckman Coulter Life Sciences for distribution of its ThruPLEX Plasma-seq kits for research applications. It follows an announcement last fall that the kit has been automated for use with Beckman Coulter’s Biomek FX Automated Workstation, an automated liquid handling solution for laboratories worldwide. Further
TRAVERSE CITY - Can states and local authorities regulate drones? In this episode of Drone Law Radio, Sarah Nillson and Enrico Schaefer discuss the FAA Fact Sheet on federal preemption, state and local drone laws, private property rights above the ground and other hot topics. Those topics include: The December 17, 2015 FAA Fact Sheet seeks
SOUTHFIELD - Pixo Group, a full service, cross platform, interactive development studio, caught the attention of reps from the NFL with its new phaware365 mobile app. Why? Because the mobile app captures a cornerstone of today’s culture (the selfie) and couples it with awareness for pulmonary hypertension, a rare, chronic lung disease that can lead
EAST LANSING - A new report predicts California would be the state with the largest potential market for legalized Cannabis Products in the United States, while Wyoming would be the smallest. Michigan, Illinois, and Ohio rank among the top 10 largest potential markets. Supported Intelligence, an East Lansing-based software startup, recently partnered with Anderson Economic
WASHINGTON DC - Michigan will need to invest $2.077 billion over the next 20 years to maintain and improve its various water treatment facilities, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a report released Thursday. The Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2012 showed Michigan among the lowest need states, with costs of less than $500 per
NOVI - The 15th edition of the TU-Automotive Awards 2016 has refreshed its judging panel adding many more judges to the mix. The focus this year has been put on confirming judges amongst the top experts in each of the niche areas of the connected car space. The awards ceremony is June 7, a day
TROY - Registration is now open for the annual Great Lakes Business Intelligence and Big Data Summit, presented by WIT, March 24 at the Somerset Inn where more than 300 BI practitioners from across the Midwest are expected to share their expertise on big data. The event offers attendees ample learning and networking opportunities throughout
