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Are You A Maker? MITechNews.Com Wants To Hear From You

ANN ARBOR - Are you a Maker with a product you want to sell? Do you run a Maker space that has projects ready for commercialization? Then MITechNews.Com wants to hear from you. MITechNews.Com has the Maker MI section on its website http://www.mitechnews.com/articles.asp?cid=3067and in its Friday eNewsletter. We want to use both as a central

By |2015-08-14T00:00:00-04:00August 14th, 2015|Archive, Politics|

Kettering University Student Startup Uses 3D Printing to Bring Film, Game Character Replicas To Life

FLINT - Are you a fan of Guardians of the Galaxy? Maybe you're fascinated by the characters or drawn to the power of the Star Lord Infinity Orb? Andre Ray wants to bring you closer to the characters and stories through his start-up Grandeur Studios. Grandeur Studios specializes in making movie and video game replica

By |2015-08-14T00:00:00-04:00August 14th, 2015|Archive, Maker MI|

Michigan House GOP Working Roads Plan With $600 Million In New Revenue

LANSING - Michigan House Republicans are working on a revised transportation funding plan that would include $600 million in new revenue and $600 million in cuts, with the hopes of holding a vote when the chamber meets next week, several sources told Gongwer News Service on Thursday. Sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said specifics

By |2015-08-13T00:00:00-04:00August 13th, 2015|Archive, Politics|

ITInTheD.Com Podcast Passes 10 Million Listens

DETROIT - In just two years, the ITInTheD.Com Live Internet radio show podcast has hit a major milestone - getting 10 million listens in just 103 episodes.   What began as an outlet for two self-admitted geeks to record their ramblings has somehow become a two-hour podcast (www.itinthed.com) listened to by folks in all 50

By |2015-08-13T00:00:00-04:00August 13th, 2015|Archive|

Meetings Begin On Making Michigan A Top 10 State For Education

LANSING - Addressing poverty and increasing funding for at-risk students as well as creating a more cohesive K-12 education system were among numerous suggestions by various interests provided to the State Board of Education on Tuesday regarding how to make Michigan a top 10 education performing state. Kevin Hollenbeck, vice president of the Upjohn Institute

By |2015-08-12T00:00:00-04:00August 12th, 2015|Archive, Politics|

Michigan Tech To Monitor Mackinac Straits

LANSING - Enbridge Energy Partners LP will sponsor Michigan Technological University's Great Lakes Research Center to provide real-time environmental monitoring of the water conditions in the Straits of Mackinac, the company announced Wednesday, as well as the Center's efforts to integrate another monitoring buoy in the Upper Great lakes Observing System. The new buoy will

By |2015-08-12T00:00:00-04:00August 12th, 2015|Archive, Politics|