ANN ARBOR - We live in a very tumultuous time with the pandemic and Black Live Matter riots and Detroit is one of the centers of activity. I grew up in Detroit many years ago. I was in grade school, Edison, and later Redford High. I started college as a freshman at the University of
ANN ARBOR - Our Infectious disease expert Fred Brown attempts to answer that question as states reopen with mixed results. Michigan has been one of the best at controlling spread of the virus, but Gov. Whitmer warns a partial lock down may be necessary unless people wear masks and social distance. Fred Brown comes to
DETROIT--In this segment of the M2TechCast/MITechNews.tv, Andrea Bogart, manager of Lawrence Technological University's Detroit Center for Design + Technology, talks about how the pandemic prompted the center to take a planned lecture and exhibit series on sustainability in architecture virtual. The series, called "Yeah, What Lester Said," is centered on the work of designer Lester
DETROIT - Autopilot, ProPilot, CoPilot: Automakers have many names for new systems that allow for hands-free driving, but no safety or performance standards to follow as they roll out the most significant changes to vehicle technology in a generation. Spurred by Tesla Inc's success and eager to start profiting from billions spent on autonomous driving
SAN FRANCISCO - When it comes to health care, seconds can mean the difference between brain damage and full recovery, between paralysis and a short stint in physical therapy, between life and death. The heavy bandwidth pipe required for those speedy response times is slowly becoming reality. 5G, which is seen pushing many key technologies like
GRAND RAPIDS—Officials at T-Mobile US Inc. announced the expansion of the T-Mobile Home Internet pilot project in Kent, Muskegon, and Ottawa counties, where residents can sign up whether they’re a T-Mobile wireless phone customer or not. T-Mobile Home Internet costs $50 a month, taxes and fees included, and requires no annual service contracts, and a pledge
BLOOMFIELD HILLS—The Association for Women in Communications has named the Diva Tech Talk podcast the winner of two AWC Clarion Awards. For the podcast’s co-founders and co-hosts, Nicole Scheffler and Kathleen Norton-Schock, it was the sixth and seventh Clarion Award respectively. The podcast, founded in 2015, highlights the lives and careers of both established and emerging women
SOUTHFIELD–Lawrence Technological University’s Marburger STEM Center will hold its “Extreme Science Saturdays” programs for high schoolers online for the 2020-21 school year. The Marburger STEM Center is LTU’s centralized outreach center for its programs for K-12 students and teachers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), as well as architecture and design. It has been
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.—Officials at WideOpenWest Inc., which does business as WOW Internet Cable & Phone announced the introduction of its Internet Protocol video service, WOW! tv+, for high-speed data customers in its markets in the Detroit, Chicago, and Evansville, Ind. areas. Already available in its Columbus, Ohio, Cleveland and mid-Michigan markets, the Android TV-based platform features
SOUTHFIELD—The Engineering Society of Detroit announced that its exam review classes for the Fundamentals of Engineering and Principles and Practice of Engineering state examinations would be held online this fall. To register or for more information, call (248) 353-0735, ext. 119, or visit https://www.esd.org/programs/fe/ or https://www.esd.org/programs/pe/. The FE review course will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from July
