FARMINGTON HILLS - IoT Tech Connect and Kyyba Innovations have partnered to bring the IoT Pitch Competition to IoT Tech Connect, Michigan’s largest conference for IoT (Internet of Things) entrepreneurs. The contest will take place from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 4, at the Troy Marriott. The deadline to apply as been extended
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Monday March 12, Mobile Technology Association of Michigan CEO Linda Daichendt will discuss what attendees at IoT TechConnect will learn from the two panels she’s creating - Industrial IoT and Connected Tech. Lawrence Technology University Librarian Catherine Phillips, and Historian Jeff Morrison will discuss Detroit architecture. Inforum InGAGE manager
MEXICO CITY - Your smartphone probably knows more about you than you do. It knows where you are at all times. It knows every person you talk to, and what you've said to them. It has your family photos, your pet's pictures, your passwords and more. For attackers, it's a digital passport to access everything
DETROIT - A team of Wayne State researchers have received an Azure Award – the “AI for Earth” award – from Microsoft for addressing water contamination in Michigan from toxic leaks and superfund sites. The report is called, “AI for Earth: A Cloud-based Analytics for Real-time Monitoring of Landfills/Superfund Sites and the Adjacent Watershed.” “Our
ANN ARBOR - In an advance that could push cheap, ubiquitous solar power closer to reality, University of Michigan researchers have found a way to coax electrons to travel much further than was previously thought possible in the materials often used for organic solar cells and other organic semiconductors. "For years, people had treated the
LANSING - The Department of Health and Human Services has notified the first group of people that they may be switched from Healthy Michigan to the MI Marketplace Option if they do not get a health assessment and adopt a healthy behavior. In February, the department sent letters to 13,550 Healthy Michigan enrollees that they
DETROIT — AT&T Inc. announced the company has boosted its mobile internet coverage at Detroit’s GM Renaissance Center by increasing the capacity of a distributed antenna system, which had been upgraded in 2017. A Distributed Antenna System is made of numerous small antennas that distribute AT&T wireless network coverage to provide extra cellular capacity and
ANN ARBOR — The Ann Arbor cybersecurity provider Duo Security announced a partnership with DrFirst, the Rockville, Md.-based e-prescribing and medication management provider, to integrate Duo’s two-factor authentication security technology with DrFirst’s e-prescription system for controlled substances, EPCS Gold. With Duo’s integration into DrFirst’s EPCS Gold, doctors can send e-prescriptions to pharmacies by approving a
FENTON - Webasto Thermo & Comfort North America, a global tier-one automotive and aftermarket equipment manufacturer, has appointed John Thomas as Head of Electric Vehicle Charging Solutions North America. Thomas' focus will be to provide one of the most comprehensive electric vehicle charging approaches, as Webasto is one of the only suppliers to offer a
ANN ARBOR - Up to 8.1 million car crashes and 44,000 deaths could be prevented if the federal government mandated connected vehicle technology now, rather than waiting even three years to develop and evaluate competing technologies. That's according to a new analysis by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. The research shows the extent
