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COVID-19 Could Be Demise For Detroit Auto Show, And Others Worldwide

DETROIT - Last week would have been a big week in Motown, the North American International Auto Show opening its doors to the public for the first time since abandoning its traditional winter timetable in January 2019. The move aimed to revitalize what long was considered one of the world's most important car shows, typically

By |2020-06-27T18:58:11-04:00June 27th, 2020|Auto Tech|

DTE Gas Announces 2050 Net Zero Goal To Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions

DETROIT - DTE Gas will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 -- from procurement through delivery, the company announced last week. In addition, DTE Gas will be amplifying this net zero commitment by partnering with customers to address up to 100% of their own natural gas carbon footprint with programs that

By |2020-06-27T14:12:21-04:00June 27th, 2020|Clean Update, Clean, green, hybrid|

Electric Truck Maker Rivian Moving Some Michigan Sperations To California

Rivian, which quickly made a name for itself with the all-electric R1S SUV and R1T pickup, and just as quickly made headlines with major funding from the likes of Ford and Amazon, had seemed to have found a nice home in the Midwest. It established its headquarters in Plymouth, Michigan, and bought a former Mitsubishi factory in Normal, Illinois. According to an Autoline report, Rivian will

By |2020-06-27T18:58:52-04:00June 27th, 2020|Auto Tech|

Soter Creates Device To Detect COVID-19 In Seconds To Reopen Sports/Entertainment Venues

ANN ARBOR - Ari Reuben, and Larry Shattuck from Soter Technologies explains how their new screening device - similar in size to an airport metal screener - can measure in seconds four vital indicators on whether a person is infected with COVID-19. It has the potential to reopen shuttered sports and entertainment venues. If someone

By |2020-06-27T19:34:33-04:00June 26th, 2020|Coronavirus, mitechtv, Science|

Demand For Legal Cannabis In US Slowed In March: AndCan Index

EAST LANSING - Demand for legal cannabis products in the United States slowed in March, according to Anderson Economic Group’s monthly AndCan Index. While the legal cannabis market showed steady growth through most of 2019 and experienced a strong start in 2020, March numbers remained steady. AEG experts attribute the lack of growth to factors related to

By |2020-06-25T18:58:34-04:00June 25th, 2020|Marijuana Business, News|

iHemp Hour June 25: Recycled Plastic, Hemp-Infused Building Blocks

LANSING - Louis Hard and Adam Dietrich join iHemp Hour June 25 at noon to tell the Michigan hemp community about their ingenious plastic recycled hemp-infused building blocks. ReBlocks is a Denver, CO based building block company that has been in the United States for a year.  Prior to that, these blocks were used in

By |2020-06-25T07:57:36-04:00June 25th, 2020|Hemp, Marijuana Business, News|

CannaBIZ Connection, Sensi Media Group Partner to Launch Sensi Connects B2B Platform

GRAND HAVEN - CannaBIZ Connection has partnered with Sensi Magazine Group LLC to launch SensiConnects.Com, an online community where business owners can connect and build relationships service providers in the cannabis industry across the United States, starting with Michigan, Florida and Pennsylvania. CannaBIZ Connection was founded in January 2018 and in 2019 began hosting weekly

By |2020-06-24T16:55:53-04:00June 24th, 2020|Featured, Marijuana Business, News|

US Signal Multi-Tenant, Private Cloud Services

GRAND RAPIDS - Amana Regnerus, an Executive VP at US Signal, talks about the Grand Rapids-based company's new multi-tenant and private cloud services in US Signal’s Grand Rapids, Southfield and Detroit Metro, Michigan data centers. The enhanced services support large-scale adoption of cloud-first, hybrid and off-premise data center strategies--which are particularly important following the COVID-19

By |2020-06-23T15:43:00-04:00June 23rd, 2020|mitechtv, New Products / Contracts|

Lawrence Technological University To Offer In-Person Fall Classes

ANN ARBOR - Lisa Kujawa, an associate provost at LTU, announces that the private STEAM college in Southfield, MI., plans to offer in-person fall classes, after spending the past few months offering classes over the Internet. Want to build a bridge? Design a car? Reimagine a green space? Create a business? Change the world? Our

By |2020-06-23T15:25:52-04:00June 23rd, 2020|mitechtv, STEM|

Canada’s 3DQue Systems Uses Software To Create Moldless Products

ANN ARBOR - Stephanie Sharp, CEO of 3DQue Systems, pivoted from 3D printing auto products to Personal Protection Equipment for Canadian first responders and healthcare workers. Her company's wrinkle is they use software to craft these products in large quantities, rather than molds. 3DQue Systems Inc., based in Vancouver, Canada, produces automated digital manufacturing systems

By |2020-06-23T15:44:32-04:00June 23rd, 2020|Coronavirus, mitechtv, Science|