TOKYO - Toyota has filed a patent application for an engine that includes water injection valves to intake ports for the combustion chamber. CarBuzz discovered the patent at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The patent explains that the water could either be injected as the intake valve is opening or as it's closing, meaning that
NEW YORK - Painting the outside of your home a new color is a satisfying way to make a space your own. Now, thanks to Stanford University engineers, a new line of colorful paints may help reduce home energy use and save homeowners money every month. The new reflective paints vary in color and are aimed to keep buildings cool
DETROIT - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel asked the Michigan Public Service Commission (MSPC) Chair to investigate DTE Energy’s eBill program. The eBill program automatically enrolls a customer in DTE’s paperless billing program without any affirmative consent by the customer. It could pose hardships to customers who are unaware and not monitoring email accounts for
NEW YORK - The latest and greatest of today’s automotive technology revolves around electric cars. With a wide selection of models ranging from compacts like the Tesla Model 3 to large pickup trucks like the Ford F-150 Lightning, there seems to be a model for everyone. According to Cox Automotive, the average price of a
The first viral video shows a number of unidentified objects circling around a navy ship on a green and black radar. At one point, you can clearly hear a man saying in disbelief: “They’re moving fast… They’re turning around.” It was taken on the USS Omaha on July 15, 2019, just off the coast of San
When you are looking to invest in new business equipment, it is so important that you make your choices from a financial perspective. This is particularly important in a field such as manufacturing, where it is so easy for the costs to mount up and spiral out of control. So, here is some advice to
SAGINAW - Great Lakes Bay for a business is hosting a casual networking experience on Oct. 26 that will offer an opportunity for career seekers who are currently in the region or have left and are interested in coming home to work for 25+ world class employers. Those employers have specific positions available; go to
ANN ARBOR — Researchers will now be able to track migration patterns and behaviors of wildlife in Ann Arbor and (far) beyond. Ann Arbor Parks & Recreation has worked in cooperation with the Kalamazoo Nature Center and the Kalamazoo Valley Bird Observatory to install a Motus Wildlife Tracking Tower at Huron Hills Golf Course. In
BIG RAPIDS - Gotion is a battery manufacturer with a primary emphasis on lithium iron phosphate batteries. Unlike traditional nickel manganese cobalt batteries, LFP batteries can withstand abuses such as being smashed with an ax or pierced with a nail without experiencing a thermal runaway event — which is just a pretty name for a
NEW YORK - Slightly more than 10 months ago OpenAI’s ChatGPT was first released to the public. Its arrival ushered in an era of nonstop headlines about artificial intelligence and accelerated the development of competing large language models (LLMs) from Google, Meta and other tech giants. Since that time, these chatbots have demonstrated an impressive
