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ISSA Motor City Chapter: Zero Trust for API Risk Management 

ISSA Motor City Chapter Meeting Meeting Information Join us at the Motor City ISSA for a discussion on Information Security. Date: May 19, 2022 Time: 6:00PM to 8:00PM Location: Register to receive the meeting invite. Speaker and Topic Information Speaker: Dr. Baljeet Malhotra Title: Zero Trust for API Risk Management Abstract Web applications are prone

By |2022-05-17T14:09:55-04:00May 17th, 2022|Cyber Defense|

32 SBDC Clients And SBDC Southeast Region Earn Recognition

GRAND RAPIDS -  The Michigan Small Business Development Center (SBDC) received multiple awards at the Michigan Celebrates Small Business Awards Gala. Grand Valley State University’s Seidman College of Business is the host institution for the Michigan SBDC. Thirty-two small businesses that worked with the SBDC took the stage for awards ranging from “Michigan 50 Companies

By |2022-05-17T14:09:55-04:00May 17th, 2022|Entrepreneurs|

Solar Boxes Expand Clean Energy To Include World’s Poorest Regions

DETROIT - Imagine being able to power your house with solar "energy cubes" that you can stack up like LEGO pieces to create a network of energy. It sounds like something out of sci-fi movie, yet this remarkable idea invented by a Swiss company may one day actually provide us with inexpensive, clean energy across

By |2022-05-17T14:09:55-04:00May 16th, 2022|Clean Update|

New Way To Convert Solar Energy Into Hydrogen For Renewable Fuel

NAGANO, Japan - Last month, Japanese researchers from Shinshu University in Nagano developed a two-step method that is dramatically more efficient at generating hydrogen, a clean and renewable fuel, from a photocatalytic reaction. The team, however, indicated that they needed to engineer an improvement of the technology's efficiency to make it practically useful. This improvement may finally be here! Access

By |2022-05-17T14:09:55-04:00May 16th, 2022|Clean Update|

How Companies Can Be Nimble With Automation

DETROIT - In reviewing current industry trends, it is evident that automation efforts will be accelerated within the next 3 years. In recent engagements of both a plant-based products manufacturer and a leading consumer products company in the printing industry, there was a need for agility, flexibility, and reduction of internal costs in order to

By |2023-09-04T13:43:28-04:00May 16th, 2022|Guest Columns|

Cannabis Banking Expands With BankMichigan

ANN ARBOR - It's tough to find a bank that will work with you if you're in the Cannabis and Hemp business in Michigan. But now BankMichigan has expanded its reach into both business sectors with commercial loans and more. To find out what is now available, watch this short video interview with Aaron Ambinder

Plunging Crypto Prices Generates Calls For Federal Regulations

WASHINGTON DC - A plunge in cryptocurrency values and the collapse of popular tokens are stoking panic among some investors and boosting pressure on Washington to act. Rising interest rates and recession risks have caused sharp sell-offs across financial markets, including the stock market. Many crypto investors have seen their holdings evaporate — along with

By |2022-05-15T12:11:03-04:00May 15th, 2022|Politics/Government|

Floating Solar Farm Ready To Produce Electricity In July

PORTUGAL - Europe’s largest floating solar farm is ready to generate 7.5 gigawatt-hours annually starting in July, according to Reuters. The solar farm is built by Portugal’s main utility Energias de Portugal (EDP), on Western Europe's biggest artificial lake, the Alqueva reservoir. A vast array of 12,000 solar panels, the size of four soccer fields, is moved by

By |2022-05-15T12:11:27-04:00May 15th, 2022|Clean Update, Featured|

MIT Joins Startup Backed By Bill Gates To Build Viable Fusion Reactor For Clean Energy

BOSTON - The Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has signed a new five-year agreement with Commonwealth Fusion System (CFS) to continue their collaboration on fusion energy research and education activities, an institutional press release said. Backed by Bill Gates, the CFS is a technology spinout from MIT and

By |2022-05-15T12:11:03-04:00May 15th, 2022|Industry 4.0|

The Future Of Desalination? Selective Membrane For Purifying Saltwater

DETROIT - Water scarcity is a growing problem around the world. Desalination of seawater is an established method to produce drinkable water but comes with huge energy costs. For the first time, researchers use fluorine-based nanostructures to successfully filter salt from water. Compared to current desalination methods, these fluorous nanochannels work faster, require less pressure

By |2022-05-15T12:11:40-04:00May 15th, 2022|Featured, Science|