A bewildered witness in Utah captured footage of a mysterious triangular object hovering over Salt Lake City for several minutes. The puzzling sighting reportedly occurred last September, though video of the peculiar event only popped up online this week by way of several YouTube channels devoted to aerial anomalies. According to the man who saw the strangely
DETROIT - Technology is moving so quickly some experts suggest artificial intelligence will reach singularity within seven years, meaning there will be no distinction between human and machine or physical and virtual reality. The merging of man and machine could take place by 2030, some say, the stuff of sci-fi movies. AI researchers and technology
WASHINGTON DC - All of the nation’s coal-fired power plants but one are less cost-effective to operate than constructing new solar or wind facilities in the United States, according to a study published Monday by the firm Energy Innovation. Analysts compared operating costs at the 210 coal plants in the continental U.S. in 2021 to the
WASHINGTON DC - The world has enough rare earth minerals and other critical raw materials to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy to produce electricity and limit global warming, according to a new study that counters concerns about the supply of such minerals. With a push to get more electricity from solar panels, wind
PLYMOUTH – Mike Coast, President of the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center for the past 21 years, has announced his retirement after 27 years with the organization. Replacing him is Ingrid Tighe, previously Director of Economic Development for Oakland County where she led 200 staff members in four divisions focused on business development and international business
WASHINGTON DC - In less than a decade, the decarbonization efforts enshrined in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 will bring annual investments into domestic renewable energy deployment from $64 billion last year to nearly $114 billion in less than a decade, according to a new Wood Mackenzie report. This will be the case
BIRMINGHAM - Great Lakes Angels Fund and Birmingham Angels added five startups in December to its portfolio. Those companies are: Need Anything Kind Katch Catalyst Ulendo Wide Awake VR City Side Ventures is a driven venture group of experienced business builders, die-hard serial entrepreneurs, disrupters, innovators, and technologists. We are more than just traditional investors;
WASHINGTON DC - With the successful launch of Artemis I behind it, NASA has been doubling down on efforts to make deep space travel – and it’s reported future trips to the Moon and Mars – easier to achieve. We’ve already reported on why the Space Launch System used for the Artemis mission isn’t sustainable, but
DETROIT - Electric semi-trucks are ready to go. The technology is there, manufacturers have capacity to produce them, and demand is only going to increase. But there is no way to charge big fleets, said Daimler Truck North America president and CEO John O'Leary. Daimler, the leading US heavy-duty truck manufacturer, unveiled the Class 8 Freightliner eCascadia, its
Artificial Intelligence and Big Data will be the two most impactful technologies for the pharmaceutical industry for the fourth year in a row in 2023, according to a survey by GlobalData. The leading data and analytics company notes that 39 percent of healthcare industry professionals in the survey believed that AI would be the emerging
