DETROIT - DTE Energy broke ground last week on a project with Wisconsin-based Pagel’s Ponderosa Dairy to begin creating renewable natural gas generated from dairy cow waste as a fuel to power compressed natural gas vehicles, offsetting the use of fossil-based fuels. DTE has launched a broad sustainability initiative that will cut methane emissions by
BEIJING, China - As Alaskan leaders headed to China to discuss trade deals, Chinese hackers were swarming their US networks, security researchers said. Researchers from Recorded Future said they discovered Chinese hackers targeting the Alaskan state government, as well as the state's Department of Natural Resources and energy, telephone and communications companies. The cybersecurity firm said it
ANN ARBOR—A rechargeable battery technology developed at the University of Michigan could double the output of today’s lithium ion cells—drastically extending electric vehicle ranges and time between cell phone charges—without taking up any added space. By using a ceramic, solid-state electrolyte, engineers can harness the power of lithium metal batteries without the historic issues of
ROYAL OAK - For the first time in the last 70 plus years, Lawrence Technological University is fielding a football team. The first LTU head football coach Jeff Duvendeck discusses what it is like building a college football program from the ground up. Coach Duvendeck is focusing on recruiting high school football players who will
TRAVERSE CITY - The Center for Automotive Research’s Management Briefing Seminars has morphed into a technology show, and this year the focus was on Autonomous Vehicles - how to build them, protect them from hackers, whether you need a driver’s license to ride in one, liability when accidents occur and more. M2 TechCast co-host Mike
ROYAL OAK - What is the Marburger STEM Center at Lawrence Technological University? Executive Director Sibrina Collins explains in this segment of M2 Techcast. In September, the STEM Center celebrates is third anniversary. It was founded with a $20 million donation from Microsoft co-founder Steve Ballmer, who once took classes at LTU when he was
DAKHLA, Morocco - Soluna, a blockchain company, is building a 37,000 acre wind farm in the Western Sahara, one of the windiest regions in the world, to provide 900-megawatts of power for a data center to support blockchain networks around the world. Construction will start in 2019 and is scheduled to be completed in five
EAST LANSING - Michigan State University engineering researchers are working to create ‘synthetic biological-devices’ inside the cells of mammals that will enable new treatments for chronic and uncured diseases. A cross-disciplinary team of biomedical and electrical engineers will build biological circuits, oscillators, and toggle switches inside cells to respond to electromagnetic fields as a mean
DETROIT - Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow has created new process that introduce the opportunity for shipbuilders to save production costs and improve build time, while reducing distortion of lightweight materials. The Joining-3 Project, led by Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division, with partners in government, NSWC-Carderock Division, NAVSEA and industry, including American Bureau of Shipping,
DETROIT – The Detroit Internet Exchange is partnering with Arista to implement innovative high capacity hardware to bring more participants to the exchange. 123Net, who hosts the DET-IX, shared the DET-IX vision with Arista, which provided a new DCS-7504 N switch to expand capacity at the exchange, one of the largest not-for-profit Internet exchange points
