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Automation Alley Industry 4.0 Accelerator Adds New Manufacturing, Tech Partners

TROY – The Automation Alley Industry 4.0 Accelerator, powered by Lawrence Technological University’s Centrepolis Accelerator and the Lean Rocket Lab, has expanded its corporate partnerships to include more Michigan-based manufacturing and technology organizations. The founding corporate partners include Lear Corporation; Whirlpool Corporation; DENSO; Siemens; Magna; Faurecia; Comau; Design Systems, Inc.; Mirari; Electro-Matic Ventures; TAC; Nippon

By Mike Brennan|2020-09-14T09:43:12-04:00September 14th, 2020|New Products, New Products / Contracts|

MITech TV: Futures For Frontliners, COVID Vaccine Update, Airfoil 20th Anniversary

MITech TV: Futures For Frontliners, COVID Vaccine Update, Airfoil 20th Anniversary

ANN ARBOR - Kerry Ebersole, a senior executive from the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, will discuss a new tuition-free college assistance program for essential workers. Fred Brown, an infectious disease expert, returns to update COVID-19 vaccine candidates. Lisa Valley-Smith and Keith Donovan from Airfoil talk about the 20th anniversary of the technology

By Mike Brennan|2020-09-16T20:03:33-04:00September 14th, 2020|Podcasts|

Ann Arbor Video Interest Group

Ann Arbor Video Interest Group

A2VIG.org | A2VIG group on Facebook This Monday, September 14, 2020 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm Location: Zoom Video Conference RSVP here I hope everyone enjoyed their July & August (all things considered). We're a little slow getting this month's meeting together, so I apologize for the short notice. This month, we're going to talk about tips and tricks

By Mike Brennan|2020-09-13T19:44:40-04:00September 13th, 2020|New Products, New Products / Contracts|

MPSC Publishes Map Of Wi-Fi Hotspots For Families That Lack Home Internet Access

MPSC Publishes Map Of Wi-Fi Hotspots For Families That Lack Home Internet Access

LANSING - The Michigan Public Service Commission is reminding Michigan families about the State of Michigan and Connected Nation Michigan’s statewide map of Wi-Fi hotspots for families who lack internet access at home. For many Michigan schoolchildren, this is back-to-school week, with the COVID-19 pandemic leading many school districts to educate children remotely from home. That’s particularly difficult for households that lack

By Mike Brennan|2020-09-13T19:31:28-04:00September 13th, 2020|ESD, Politics|

New Truck, Bus Electrification Engineering Center Gets State Support

LANSING—The Michigan Strategic Fund has approved a $500,000 Michigan Business Development Fund performance-based grant to support a $4.17 million project to build a new “eMobility Center” in Rochester Hills for the Lisle, Ill.- based truck manufacturer Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV). Navistar builds International brand commercial trucks, diesel engines, and IC Bus brand school and commercial buses.

By Matt Roush|2020-09-13T19:14:42-04:00September 13th, 2020|Auto Tech, Clean Update, ESD|

Pewabic Pottery Goes Solar

DETROIT—Officials of the 117-year-old Detroit pottery maker Pewabic Pottery announced a move to 21st century energy, with the addition of 74 solar panels atop its education center and tile studio, out of sight of its iconic Tudor storefront on East Jefferson Avenue. Installed by Powerhome Solar, the panels will offset approximately 16 percent of Pewabic’s

By Matt Roush|2020-09-13T19:14:42-04:00September 13th, 2020|Clean Update|

UM Professors Winners Of Heart Association’s COVID-19 Data Challenge

DALLAS—Four teams of scientific researchers have been named finalists in the first phase of the American Heart Association COVID-19 Data Challenge, which focuses on understanding the relationships between COVID-19 and other health conditions, health disparities, and social determinants of health that may bring a higher burden of illness or mortality. After peer review by a

By Matt Roush|2020-09-13T19:14:42-04:00September 13th, 2020|Life Sciences|

Futures For Frontliners Offers Tuition-Free College To COVID-19 Essential Workers

LANSING - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday announced what she described as the nation's first program offering tuition-free college to an estimated 625,000 Michiganders who provided essential, frontline services during COVID-19 Stay Home, Stay Safe orders between April 2020 and June 2020. Futures for Frontliners – inspired by the GI Bill which provided college degree to

By Mike Brennan|2020-09-12T11:23:08-04:00September 12th, 2020|Coronavirus, Featured, Science|

1,434 Small Businesses in Southwest Michigan Get Small Business Restart Grants

KALAMAZOO - Southwest Michigan First announced 1,434 small business recipients are receiving average grant awards of $5,000 each as part of the state’s Michigan Small Business Restart Program. Grants must be used for expenditures made between March 1, 2020 and December 30, 2020 for necessary disbursements incurred due to the public health emergency with respect

By Mike Brennan|2020-09-12T11:23:51-04:00September 12th, 2020|Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Featured, Politics, Politics/Government|

Michigan Announces Virtual 2020 North American International Cyber Summit

LANSING - The 2020 North American International Cyber Summit, scheduled for Oct. 7-8, will be completely virtual and fully interactive, delivering all the benefits of an in-person event, while ensuring the health and safety of our presenters and participants. Also new this year, registration is free for all participants. In the ninth year of the

By Mike Brennan|2020-09-12T11:02:54-04:00September 12th, 2020|Cyber Defense, Featured|