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MPSC Chair Dan Scripps On Next Steps To Keep Electricity On In Michigan

ANN ARBOR - Michigan Public Service Commission Chair Dan Scripps talks about the problems DTE and Consumers Energy have in keeping electricity flowing to homes and businesses and what the MPSC plans to do about it. If you want to reach Chairman Scripps, click on www.michigan.gov/mpsc   https://youtu.be/SpiavBHX0-I

By |2021-08-26T17:05:16-04:00August 26th, 2021|Clean Update, mitechtv|

How To Protect Your Car From Getting Hacked

DETROIT - Modern cars are computers on wheels, meaning hostile hackers can violate your car's software and do what they want to it a lot easier than you might think. Moshe Shlisel knows exactly how someone can hack your car. Fortunately, he's one of the good guys. His company specializes in cybersecurity. His team looks for vulnerabilities in cars to pinpoint the risks and then help

By |2021-08-27T11:19:15-04:00August 25th, 2021|Cyber Defense, Featured|

Report: 2020 Clean Energy Jobs Top 113,400 In Michigan

ANN ARBOR - Cory Connolly, Vice President at Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council, talks about Michigan Clean Energy Jobs report that contends more than 113,400 Michiganders worked in clean energy and clean vehicles at the end of 2020. The report also says due to the impact of COVID-19, the 2020 total represents a 9.5 percent decrease

By |2021-08-25T12:06:53-04:00August 23rd, 2021|Clean Update, mitechtv|

FlexDex Surgical Completes $13 Million Financing To Develop Next Generation Advanced Laparoscopic Devices  

BRIGHTON – Medical device maker FlexDex announced Monday it has completed a $13 million Series AA funding round for next generation advanced laparoscopic devices. The financing will be used to fund development of the Company’s next generation articulating needle driver for endoscopic suturing and a full suite of advanced laparoscopic instruments with robotic functionality. The

By |2021-08-23T09:32:12-04:00August 23rd, 2021|Life Sciences|

MPSC Chair Talks DTE, Consumers Energy, Clean Energy Jobs, Fall For A Veteran, America’s Back Office

ANN ARBOR – On MITech TV at 2 pm today, Michigan Public Service Commission Chair Dan Scripps will talks about the problems DTE and Consumers Energy have in keeping electricity flowing to homes and businesses. Also on the show, Cory Connolly, Vice President at Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council, talks about Michigan Clean Energy Jobs

By |2021-08-23T09:02:24-04:00August 23rd, 2021|Podcasts|

Panel to Examine Promise of Inclusion in Manufacturing’s Future

SOUTHFIELD — America’s deep, sometimes societal and political divisions, along with U.S. manufacturers’ lack of significant numbers of non-white middle and upper management positions, are holding the sector back in global markets, according to five business leaders Smart Manufacturing magazine gathered recently to discuss race and ethnicity in manufacturing management. This underrepresentation of people of

By |2021-08-22T13:17:58-04:00August 22nd, 2021|Guest Columns|

MIOSHA Encourages Employers To Follow Updated CDC Guidance To Contain Spread of COVID-19

LANSING - MIOSHA is strongly encouraging Michigan employers to follow recently updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines due to the Delta variant of COVID-19. According to the CDC, the Delta variant is much more contagious, may infect those that have been vaccinated and may also allow vaccinated individuals to spread the virus. Prior to Delta, the probability for vaccinated

By |2021-08-22T13:02:59-04:00August 22nd, 2021|Coronavirus, Politics, Politics/Government, Science|

A Simple Crystal Could Finally Give Us Large-Scale Quantum Computing, Scientists Say

DETROIT - Vaccine and drug development, artificial intelligence, transport and logistics, climate science - these are all areas that stand to be transformed by the development of a full-scale quantum computer. And there has been explosive growth in quantum computing investment over the past decade. Yet current quantum processors are relatively small in scale, with fewer than 100 qubits - the basic

By |2021-08-21T17:51:52-04:00August 21st, 2021|IoT|

Robo-Advisors To Become $2 Trillion Industry by 2023

DETROIT - The robo-advisors market has experienced massive growth during the pandemic, with more investors than ever using these digital platforms for automated, algorithm-driven investment services. Last year, the entire industry hit more than $1 trillion value, despite the market volatility caused by the COVID-19. However, the following years are set to witness even more impressive

By |2021-08-21T17:06:07-04:00August 21st, 2021|IoT|