DETROIT – DBusiness Magazine – Detroit’s Premier Business Journal – is now a media sponsor of IoT Tech Connect that will be held on April 29 at the Michigan Science Center. The day-long conference is aimed at giving a sampling of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies developed by and for Southeast Michigan for Southeast Michigan
DETROIT—The organizers behind the Detroit DevDay software development conference are rolling out a new event, Detroit Tech Watch 1.0, to be held June 29 at TechTown. Ir will feature talks on the future of software development, including talks about the Pony Language and Flutter, along with Crystal, Julia, ReasonML and other new languages and software development concepts. Early bird tickets to the event
LANSING—Technology-related employment in Michigan grew by more than 12,000 new jobs in 2018 and the tech sector increased its contribution to the state’s economy, according to Cyberstates 2019, a guide to national, state and metropolitan area tech sector and tech workforce analytics published annually by CompTIA, the Computing Technology Industry Association. Net tech employment grew by an estimated 12,354
LIVONIA—Self-driving robots are coming to the world’s farms. At least, that’s the goal of a new partnership between the Livonia-based engineering and prototyping firm Roush and FarmWise, a San Francisco-based agricultural technology developer. The two companies announced Wednesday that they will collaborate to develop and test autonomous vegetable weeders in Michigan. The initial contract between FarmWise and Roushincludes the development
EAST LANSING—The Burgess New Venture Challenge (BNVC) has announced 15 finalists for its first annual venture competition at Michigan State University. BNVC finalists will pitch their ideas to a panel of expert judges on Wednesday, April 17 at the Jackson and Christman Lounges of the Wharton Center for the Performing Arts in East Lansing. Teams will compete for more than
DETROIT - Monica Wheat, Managing Director of Backstage Capital, has joined the judging panel for the Chinese-government backed InnoSTARS competition that concludes the day-long IoT Tech Connect Conference April 29 at the Michigan Science Center. The Detroit InnoSTARS quarter finals are open for applicants until April 15. Ten companies will be selected to pitch to
ROYAL OAK – Nezar Akeel, creator and Founder of MaxFit, explains his All-In-One gym product. He’s working with the Lawrence Technological University’s Centrepolis Accelerator. Jim Carpp, CTO and Vice Chairman of Rehmann, announces a May 9 free cybersecurity conference in Troy. Dave King, CEO of Red Level Group, announces a digital equipment recycling day in
LANSING - Though insurance rates in Detroit have long been a target of reform proponents, nearly the entire state faces rates deemed unaffordable under federal standards, a report from the University of Michigan Poverty Solutions said. The U.S. Department of Treasury Insurance Office says insurance rates of more than 2 percent of median annual income for a
LANSING - Consumers would have to be notified within 45 days if their "sensitive personally identifying information" was stolen in a data breach, under two bills that moved out of the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, letters continue to go out from one recent example of a data breach, a ransomware incident that
EAST LANSING—The Michigan State University College of Engineering announced the launch of its first two online master’s degree programs. The new online Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering enable students in these disciplines to reap the benefits of an MSU engineering education without having to relocate to East
