BEER-SHEVA - That video or picture you “liked” on social media of a cute dog, your favorite team or political candidate can actually be altered in a cyberattack to something completely different, detrimental and potentially criminal, according to cybersecurity researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The researchers looked at seven online platforms and identified
HOUGHTON - MI-TRALE has released its Free Michigan UP Trails app, available now for Android and iOS, to replace the prior existing paper maps distributed nationwide. Michigan Trails and Recreation Alliance of Land and the Environment is a local non-profit organization whose mission is to advance the safe and responsible use of multi-use trails for
Business Leaders for Michigan to host first Top Ten Talk Event in Lansing Feb. 3 will touch on key priorities for improving Michigan’s K-12 education system, talent attraction & economic development The state’s business roundtable will release highlights of its annual benchmarking report and bring together leadership from some of the most successful states in
NEW YORK CITY – At the 63rd annual Adrian Awards, the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) last night honored Travel Michigan with a Platinum Award for Public Relations Innovation for the creation of and supporting campaign around the Pure Sounds of Michigan album, in 2019. Pure Sounds of Michigan is an ambient album,
LAS VEGAS - If you want to cut the cable TV cord but still want to keep live TV, the future is in streaming. Live TV streaming services like YouTube TV and Sling TV let you watch most, if not all of your favorite TV channels -- from ABC to NBC to ESPN to CNN to Nickelodeon to Fox News
ROYAL OAK - Lawrence Technological University offers a host of STEM summer camps and now a partnership with the Engineeing Society of Detroit to introduce young women to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). https://youtu.be/qSxnzvh_inM
LANSING - In his latest column on MITechNews.Com, Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist explains how he used data to drive 18 reforms for Michigan government. One example: The state's 83 counties have 81 separate county jail databases, complicating keeping track of inmates. https://youtu.be/rvX5ysXavLc
ROYAL OAK - Tamara Shoemaker and Greg Laidlaw from Detroit-Mercy update the Michigan Cyber Patriot program and highlight a series of camps for high school students this summer. They also announce that other colleges and universities can participate in the program and get funded from Cyber Patriot. https://youtu.be/raGAbnLybBA
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University will join The Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD) in hosting ESD’s Girls in Engineering Academy (GEA) for the coming year. The 2020 GEA program has been made possible by generous support from The Holley Foundation and the PNC Foundation. Thirty middle-school girls will be selected by ESD to attend a four-week summer
NEW HUDSON—Exotic Automation & Supply, a motion control supplier, announced that it is now a distributor for Techman Collaborative Robots, a Taiwanese manufacturer of so-called cobots, or collaborative robots—robots that are smart and safe enough to work near people. Techman, www.tm-robot.com, entered the robotics market in 2012, and specializes in robots that can lift up to
