WALKER - Meijer plans to join the sustainability movement by switching all its stores to LED interior lighting by 2021. The change is expected to save the regional retail giant as much as 50 percent annually in electricity charges. Meijer first implemented an all-LED store in Beavercreek, Ohio, in 2013. The project launched in June
ROYAL OAK - On M2 Techcast Aug. 6, Michigan Technological University Professor Guy Meadows will discuss a report his team did on the potential impact a rupture of Enbridge Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac would have on the Great Lakes. Wildfire CEO Ken Johnson will talk about his new user growth platform for
ANN ARBOR - In the biggest tech exit in Michigan history, networking giant Cisco announced Thursday it will buy Ann Arbor-based Duo Security for $2.35 billion in cash and stock. The deal is expected to close by the end of Cisco's fiscal 2019. Duo is an authentication service that focuses on two-factor authorization, helping to
ANN ARBOR - Fifth Eye Inc., a digital health predictive analytics company, has received a $2.36 million investment from Invest Michigan, Biosciences Research and Commercialization Center, and 33 private angel investors. Fifth Eye develops real-time predictive analytic patient data software to give doctors and nurses a heads up hours in advance about impending trouble ranging
TROY - Altair is providing its simulation-driven innovation software to qualified startup companies through its newly formed Altair Startup Program offering preferential pricing for its simulation-driven design, computer-aided engineering, cloud computing and Internet of Things software solutions. The program also provides no-cost expert consulting to quickly ramp-up startup organizations with its multi-physics optimization platform, Altair HyperWorks™,
TROY – Cloud ERP developer Plex Systems announced Tuesday it has acquired Industrial Internet of Things connectivity technologies provider DATTUS. Terms were not announced. DATTUS solutions connect manufacturing equipment and sensors to the cloud, manage high-volume data streams, and analyze in-motion equipment data to optimize performance, reduce costs, and ensure uptime. The acquisition is expected
TRAVERSE CITY - Toyota on Monday unveiled the second iteration of its hydrogen fuel cell electric Class 8 truck before dozens of press and industry leaders during the first day of the Center for Automotive Research Management Briefing Seminars. The new truck, known internally as "Beta," expands on the capabilities of Toyota’s first Project Portal
ANN ARBOR - Genomic Data Search company Genomenon has been awarded a Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research grant by the National Institutes of Health. The amount was not disclosed. The grant will be used to develop and apply machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms to variant interpretation, the single biggest hurdle in scaling the
SAN FRANCISCO - When Google boasted that none of its 85,000-plus employees had their accounts hacked since early 2017, it was all thanks to an early version of a security key the company was testing. And now the latest version of that security key will be available for the world to use. In an exclusive hands-on,
ROYAL OAK – On M2 TechCast Monday July 30, Co-host Mike Brennan will be at the CAR Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City and talk about its focus on Autonomous Vehicles. Lawrence Technological University’s Sibrina Collins will update the Marburger STEM Center. LTU’s Coach D will talk about the return of football to the tech
