DETROIT - Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) can most appropriately be described as a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disorder with joint pain and swelling as its most prominent symptoms. RA develops when our own immune system starts attacking our joints, and while it can develop at any age, the condition is rampant primarily in people aged between 20
ANN ARBOR - On MITech TV March 29, Terry Bean talks about the cyber insurance he's offering. Laura Grannemann from Rocket Community Fund provides back story on $500 million donation to Detroit. Epidemiologist Fred Brown updates COVID vaccine distribution progress, how US and Michigan are coping with pandemic. MITECH TV is live on Facebook Monday’s
LANSING — The Michigan House has approved a bill to encourage internet companies to provide broadband access to underserved areas after the coronavirus pandemic shone a light on the need. The bill would exempt or defer select companies from paying personal property taxes on equipment for broadband access. Equity in internet access and how to fund it
DETROIT - According to Buffer’s study ‘State of Remote Work’, where they interviewed nearly 2,500 remote workers, nearly 99% said that they would like to continue work remotely. Cut to 2020, and everyone that could work from home was working from home. Working from home is here to stay and will likely continue for the
ANN-ARBOR—Genomenon, the genetics informatics company, has completed a $5.3 million financing round, company officials announced. The financing will enable the company to expand its commercial operations, which serve genetic testing labs, hospitals, pharmaceutical and biopharma companies. New investors in this round of financing included BroadOak Capital Partners LLC of Bethesda, Md., Green Park & Golf
NOVI—DuraMag, a brand of the Shyft Group’s specialty vehicles business unit, will engineer, manufacture, and install vocational body upfits for Boston-based EV Transportation Services Inc. and its FireFly vehicles, making the all-electric lightweight utility vehicle well suited to a variety of essential service and electro-mobility (e-mobility) functions. DuraMag, an all-aluminum truck body manufacturer, will build food
ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan announced that students will, for the first time, be able to take online courses in the university’s Masters of Social Work program, ranked the best social work program in the country by U.S. News & World Report, and the first of its kind Health Infrastructures & Learning Systems program offered by the
TROY—Electric Last Mile Inc., a commercial electric vehicle company focused on last-mile delivery systems, announced a partnership with Oakville, Ontario-based Geotab Inc. to develop a factory-installed connectivity system that will equip ELMS customers with the data they need to help manage and optimize their vehicles. As part of the collaboration, ELMS plans to integrate Geotab’s
ANN ARBOR - Internet attorney Enrico Schaefer joins Matt and Mike to explain Cryptocurrency Non Fungible Tokens - or NFTs, are pieces of digital content linked to the blockchain, the digital database underpinning cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Unlike NFTs, those assets are fungible, meaning they can be replaced or exchanged with another identical one
ANN ARBOR - Cybersecurity expert Richard Stiennon joins Matt and Mike to talk about the latest cyber hacks, including Verkada, a Silicon Valley security startup that provides cloud-based security camera services. The company suffered a major security breach. Hackers gained access to over 150,000 of the company’s cameras, including cameras in Tesla factories and warehouses,
