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Report: Michigan Students Forced Online By COVID Learned Less Than Those In School

DETROIT - Michigan students who learned remotely for all or most of last school year learned less than those who were in classrooms, according to an analysis of student-level test data released Monday. In a challenging school year when all groups learned less than normal, remote learners fared worse than peers who attended schools in

By |2022-01-11T09:53:05-05:00January 11th, 2022|IoT, STEM|

Report: By 2030 185 Million EVs On Road, 170 Million EV Charge Stations Deployed

DETROIT - By 2030, Guidehouse Insights expects more than 185 million Electric Vehicles will be in use with nearly 170 million charge points deployed. Many of these charge points are anticipated to require networking platforms that can streamline various aspects of charge point management such as broadcasting charge point availability to EV drivers, managing access

By |2022-01-11T09:51:42-05:00January 11th, 2022|Mobile MI|

Cyber Patriot Program Works With Auto Industry To Create Cyber Security Warriors

ANN ARBOR - Tamara Shoemaker who runs the Michigan Cyber Patriot program updates the latest contest news and summer camps for kids from Kindergarten through 12th grade - and even up to senior citizens. The program introduces youngsters to cyber security that Shoemaker hopes will fill a desperate need for cyber security pros not only

By |2022-01-10T18:04:33-05:00January 10th, 2022|Cyber Defense, mitechtv|

Report: Last Seven Years Hottest On Record

LONDON, England – The European climate agency Copernicus reported that the last seven years were the world’s hottest on record, with the first analysis of global temperature rise in 2021 about 2 degrees F above pre-industrial levels. The assessment of the year also found carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached record levels and that the

By |2022-01-11T09:52:01-05:00January 10th, 2022|Clean Update, Climate Change, Featured|

Updates From Michigan Marijuana Report, Cyber Patriot, Lawrence Technological University

ANN ARBOR - On MITech TV Jan. 10 at 2 pm, Dan Keelan provides details new programs launched this month by Michigan Marijuana Report. Tamara Shoemaker updates the Cyber Patriot program including contest news and summer camps. Matt Roush provides a recap of LTU's top headlines for 2021. Sibrina Collins and Daniel Kagan explain Lawrence

By |2022-01-10T09:56:35-05:00January 10th, 2022|Podcasts|

USAA Gives GreenPath $1 Million Grant To Help Military Families

FARMINGTON HILLS—Officials at GreenPath Financial Wellness, a national nonprofit that provides financial counseling and education, was awarded a $1 million grant from the United Services Automobile Association to help communities of color and low-income military families experiencing financial hardships reduce debt and improve credit scores and financial confidence through proven financial counseling and debt management programs.

By |2022-01-09T14:38:08-05:00January 9th, 2022|ESD, Featured|

Davco To Invest $3.5 Million In EV Components Unit, Create 20 Jobs

SALINE—Officials at the Davco business unit of Southfield-based Clarience Technologies announced that the company would invest $3.5 million at its Saline complex to create an “Advanced Electronics Manufacturing Center,” extending its manufacturing capabilities into advanced electronics as the company plans to move into manufacturing components for electric commercial vehicles. Davco manufactures fuel heater/water separators and

By |2022-01-18T17:57:45-05:00January 9th, 2022|ESD, Industry 4.0|

Ford To Double Production Of Electric F-150

DEARBORN—Officials at Ford Motor Co. announced plans to nearly double production of the F-150 Lightningpickup at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn to 150,000 trucks per year to meet high demand. Beginning Thursday, the first group of reservation holders will be invited to place their orders for the F-150 Lightning. “With nearly 200,000 reservations,

By |2022-01-09T14:35:00-05:00January 9th, 2022|Auto Tech, Clean Update, Featured|

OneStream Tops $200 Million In Annual Revenue

BIRMINGHAM—OneStream Solutions, developers of corporate performance management software and services, announced that it had achieved more than $200 million in annual recurring revenue, representing 75 percent year over year growth, as of Dec. 31. Officials said the company increased its customer base by 38 percent in 2021, now totaling over 900 organizations globally. New customers

By |2022-01-09T14:21:31-05:00January 9th, 2022|ESD|

Volkswagen, Toyota Coming For Tesla By Spending $170 Billion In EV R&D

DETROIT - The epic fight over who controls the future of the car industry is about to get a whole lot more interesting. Tesla Inc., the pioneer and pacesetter, has dominated the early rounds of the new-energy age, capturing investors’ imaginations with a vision for what the next generation of vehicles looks like and seizing

By |2022-01-07T16:18:17-05:00January 7th, 2022|Auto Tech, Clean Update|