GRAND RAPIDS - The Grand Rapids wireless power and charging technology developer Gill Electronics Inc. said Tuesday that the company’s TesLink products have been chosen for wireless charging at an apartment complex in Denver meant to combine affordability, the latest technology and energy efficiency. A startup called iUnit is building its Highland Park complex in
SOUTHFIELD - DTE Energy is now seeking entries for its third E-Challenge for Energy Efficiency where one or more successful applicants can win up to $100,000. This year’s competition is in partnership with The Engineering Society of Detroit. The purpose of the E-Challenge, launched in 2012, is to showcase innovative energy efficiency technology in advanced
LANSING - The Lansing area’s economic development agency has launched a new initiative to support product-based startups. The program, called Lansing Proto, will provide equity funding of $15,000 to each of three product-based startup companies that will be selected to participate in an eight-month-long development program to begin in February. The Lansing Economic Area Partnership,
DETROIT - Diva Tech Talk, three female technologists who have created an Internet podcast with national reach, have now created a news section to showcase the news articles, podcasts and other accolades they’ve garnered so far. Diva Tech Talk is a content partner of MITechNews.Com. The Divas are Kathleen Norton-Schock, a Baby Boomer who is
TROY - BullsEye Telecom will be supporting Mitch Albom’s S.A.Y. Detroit Radiothon on Dec. 10 by providing a virtual call center onsite at The Somerset Collection to help Albom raise money for his charity. In its second year of supporting S.A.Y. Detroit, BullsEye helped raise more than $814,000 in 2014, an increase of more than
SAN FRANCISCO - Better watch out if you buy an Internet-connected toy this Christmas. Hackers could use it to breach your account. One intruder breached more than 11 million accounts tied to a toy from VTech called Learning Lodge, uncovering the names, birthdays and genders of more than 6.3 million children and scooping up their
SAN FRANCISCO - In 2015, as drones started swarming the skies, the small unmanned aircraft transformed from novelty gadget to regulatory headache. Drones, most often camera-equipped quadcopters whose four computer-controlled rotors keep them aloft, are hot items as consumers snap them up and businesses put them to use. While the Federal Aviation Administration bans businesses
SAN FRANCISCO - Ideator is offering a free platform for all of your ideas. From start to launch, Ideator provides advisors and investors to those who want to bring an idea to life. THE BIG WIN: Ideator is giving away $10,000 along with access to Ideator's Advisory Board (My Space Founder Aber Whitcomb, Salesforce.com starter Julie Trell and
STAMFORD - In the third quarter of 2015, worldwide server shipments grew 9.2 percent from the third quarter of 2014, while vendor revenue increased 7.5 percent year over year. "The third quarter of 2015 produced growth on a global level with mixed results by region," said Jeffrey Hewitt, research vice president at Gartner. "All regions
WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, pork and dairy producers and several universities have launched the Nutrient Recycling Challenge, a competition to develop affordable technologies that recycle nutrients from livestock waste. The four phase-competition, which began on November 16, will include cash awards of up to a combined
