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Michigan Colleges, Universities Invest $1 Billion In Capital Improvements In Past Decade

LANSING - Privately-funded building and infrastructure projects at Michigan’s independent colleges and universities have a powerful economic effect on communities throughout the state according to a report issued by Michigan’s Independent Colleges and Universities. During the past decade independent, non-profit colleges and universities have invested over $1 billion directly into capital improvements supporting nearly 6,500

By |2019-04-11T21:22:40-04:00April 11th, 2019|Politics|
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Ford CEO Says Automakers ‘Overestimated’ Self-Driving Cars

DETROIT - Ford CEO Jim Hackett scaled back hopes about the company's plans for self-driving cars this week, admitting that the first vehicles will have limits. "We overestimated the arrival of autonomous vehicles," said Hackett, who once headed the company's autonomous vehicle division, at a Detroit Economic Club event on Tuesday. While Ford still plans on launching

By |2019-04-11T21:22:41-04:00April 11th, 2019|Auto Tech|
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BullsEye Telecom Launches VoIP-Based Phone System

SOUTHFIELD – BullsEye Telecom has launched its VoIP-based key system solutions that allows users to park calls with the press of a single button as well as see which lines are parked and which are currently free. The system also enables parked calls to be easily picked up from other phones regardless of physical location.

By |2019-04-11T21:22:41-04:00April 11th, 2019|New Products / Contracts|
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Automation Alley Members Can Get Half-Day Ticket To Attend IoT Tech Connect: Catch Lunch Keynote By Lt. Gov. Gilchrist

DETROIT - If you want to get the latest updates on Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Smart Cities and Mobility, you’re going to want to attend IoT Tech Connect on April 29 at the Michigan Science Center. And if you’re an Automation Alley member attending the Technology Report news conference right across the street at the

By |2019-04-17T18:09:05-04:00April 10th, 2019|Featured, News|
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Hydrogen Storage For Cars: UM Researchers Zero In On Best Bets

ANN ARBOR—As researchers work toward next-generation electric vehicles, they may be hitting their heads on the ceiling of what lithium ion batteries can deliver. Meanwhile, a team of researchers from the University of Michigan are pushing the performance of a competing electric vehicle technology—hydrogen fuel cells—to new heights. A hydrogen fuel cell is a zero-harmful-emissions

By |2019-04-10T16:51:54-04:00April 10th, 2019|Auto Tech|
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LTU’s Seventh Annual Research Day Sets More Records

SOUTHFIELD – Lawrence Technological University’s seventh annual Research Day set more records in a new, larger home. LTU faculty and students made 17 oral research presentations Friday morning, and an afternoon poster session—moved to larger quarters in the LTU’s Buell Building—featured 95 posters, for a total of 112. That’s up from 102 presentations a year

By |2019-04-11T14:24:53-04:00April 10th, 2019|ESD|
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OptimizeRx Integrates With EHR Systems

ROCHESTER—OptimizeRx Corp., the digital health messaging provider for the pharmaceutical industry, announced its latest platform integration with the health care industry’s leading acute electronic health record (EHR) systems, including Epic and Cerner. This latest announcement is a reflection of the company’s continued investment in hospitals and health systems, also emphasized in the latest company hiring

By |2023-08-09T14:38:23-04:00April 10th, 2019|Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|
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UM-Ford Study Examines Role Of Flying Cars In Sustainable Mobility

ANN ARBOR—In the 1960s animated sitcom The Jetsons, George Jetson commutes to work in his family-size flying car, which miraculously transforms into a briefcase at the end of the trip. A new study of the environmental sustainability impacts of flying cars, formally known as electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, or VTOLs, finds that they

By |2019-04-10T16:51:54-04:00April 10th, 2019|Auto Tech|
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UM To Buy Half Its Electricity From Renewables Through DTE

ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan is on track to reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly following an agreement to buy renewable energy through DTE Energy that will result in about half of the purchased electricity for the Ann Arbor campus coming from Michigan-sourced renewable resources. UM has committed to purchase approximately 200,000 megawatt-hours of renewable energy

By |2019-04-10T16:51:54-04:00April 10th, 2019|Clean Update|
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Panel Discussion: The New Business Of Cannabis, Hemp, CBD In Michigan

DETROIT - The legalization of recreational marijuana by Michigan voters last November created a huge opportunity for entrepreneurs to build legitimate businesses in cannabis products and services. On April 29, a group of these entrepreneurs will offer advice on how anyone can get involved in the New Business of Cannabis In Michigan. A panel discussion

By |2019-04-18T14:32:55-04:00April 10th, 2019|Entrepreneurs|
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