LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission has scheduled two public hearings — one in person, the other held virtually — to take public input on Consumers Energy Co.’s integrated resource plan, or IRP, which outlines the utility’s plans for delivering electricity to its residential and business customers in Michigan. The purpose of the hearings
GRAND RAPIDS — Although still positive, the recovery for the West Michigan industrial economy has slowed considerably in recent weeks, according to a GVSU economist. Brian G. Long, director of Supply Management Research in the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University, said the slowdown is expected at this stage of an economic
KALAMAZOO - Earlier this month, Stryker completed the acquisition of Gauss Surgical, a Menlo Park, CA, medical device company that has developed Triton, an artificial intelligence-enabled platform for real-time monitoring of blood loss during surgery. Triton has demonstrated improvements in maternal and surgical care through earlier recognition of hemorrhage leading to earlier intervention. Up to
NOVI – Yanfeng, a global automotive supplier, recently released proprietary research conducted by its global User Research team which examines passenger experiences during the ride-hailing journey. The study, conducted prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, included participants from China and the U.S., offering insights into the factors that influence the passenger experience. The findings concluded that
DETRIT - There is another energy storage system for electric vehicles starting to gain traction: The redox (reduction–oxidation) flow battery that gets 600 miles on a tank of salt water. Flow batteries differ from conventional batteries in that their active material is in the form of two redox-couple solutions that are stored in external tanks
BERLIN (AP) — German automaker Daimler earlier this month dismissed a “cease and desist” demand from two environmental groups to commit to ending the sale of combustion engine vehicles by 2030. Lawyers for Greenpeace and the group Deutsche Umwelthilfe have threatened to sue Daimler, BMW and Volkswagen unless they sign a legal pledge not to
DETROIT - Google's Android Auto service first launched in 2015 and has radically evolved since then in subsequent updates. Offered in most modern cars as standard tech, Android Auto Clicker mirrors your smartphone interface onto a compatible car infotainment system, allowing you to access common music, navigation, and voice assist applications. Taking this a step further, some models like the Polestar 2 and
DETROIT - This summer has seen no shortage of extreme weather events: Hurricane Ida ripped through Louisiana and Mississippi before the storm's remnants slammed the Northeast this week, bringing devastating floods, winds, and tornadoes that left at least 47 people dead and millions without power across the eastern U.S. In the West, the Caldor Fire — one of
DETROIT - The world around us is changing at blistering speed. Welcome to the ‘Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)’. We are smack dab in the middle of incredible changes that are causing our physical, digital, and biological worlds to merge. In this vastly altered reality, age-old rules no longer apply, especially when it
ANN ARBOR, MI September 13, 2021 - Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) is a marketing process to generate more leads and sales from your targeted web pages, says Melih Oztalay, CEO of SmartFinds Marketing in Birmingham, MI. CRO helps to generate more leads and sales from your target web pages with lower acquisition costs. What would
