NOVI - On MITech TV May 15 we discussed ITC’s role in the community working with the public, stakeholders and customers and learn more about the structures it oversees. Cynthia Stump, ITC Regional Manager for Local Government and Community Affairs and Gordie Halt, ITC Senior Engineer discuss ITC’s role in the community. This video discusses
ANN ARBOR - Artificial Intelligence, AI for short, is all the buzz since ChatGTP hit the market last fall. AI is an amazing tool that when used in the right hands may streamline so many services. But it also can be used for evil by hackers that seek to steal your money and intellectual property.
DETROIT - This week’s stories focus on many different energy sources ranging from wind to hydrogen, updates on EV adoption globally, and some interesting ways robots are being used to explore distant moons, or our brains. To listen, click on Smart Mobility Today.
HOUGHTON – ITC Holdings Corp., the nation’s largest independent electricity transmission company, has established an annual scholarship fund for civil and electrical engineering students at Michigan Technological University to honor its retired chief operating officer and Michigan Tech Board of Trustees member Jon E. Jipping. “Over the years, I’ve witnessed Jon’s passion and commitment to developing students,
ST. LOUIS, Mo.–Intramotev, a technology company focused on developing autonomous, zero-emission rail transportation, has been awarded a $200,000 grant from Michigan’s Office of Future Mobility and Electrificationto support the deployment of three of its TugVolt self-propelled railcars at a mining site in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in late 2023. This investment will bring the first
PETOSKEY–Petoskey Plastics announced the installation of a new manufacturing line designed to make disposable gowns for the healthcare industry. The company has invested approximately $2 million in engineering and first phase of the project. Additional lines and automation are in their final design stages. Mike Barto, Vice President of Sales, stated, “We have worked hard
DETROIT–RoboTire, the Detroit-based robotics and automation developer, announced it has installed its tire-changing system at a Detroit Garage, a tire shop at 33939 Plymouth Road in Livonia. The installation marks the first retail operation of a RoboTire system in the company’s hometown. RoboTire’s tire-changing system is designed to provide a faster, safer, and more efficient
VIENNA, Austria - A new breakthrough from the Vienna University of Technology — regenerative oxygen-ion batteries — may transform the world of energy storage, with the potential to replace lithium-ion batteries in many key applications. Lithium-ion batteries are among the most commonly used energy storage devices on the planet. However, these batteries have a number
Defense officials are investigating radar footage showing a fleet of UFOs being chased by fighter jets. In 2008, up to 300 people witnessed the two F-16 jets chasing up to 12 of the unidentified objects. The implausible claim became plausible to those who saw it when the US Air Force denied it had jets in
ICELAND - The NextGen CDR Facility, a collaboration between the Swiss carbon finance consultant South Pole and the Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corporation, has announced the purchase of 193,125 tonnes of carbon dioxide removals (CDRs) from three projects, producing the world's largest portfolio of CDRs. The purchase accounts for 25 percent of all CDRs purchased to
