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Report: Smart Speakers Set To Be Big Hit During 2017 Holiday Season

BINGHAM FARMS – The “Alexa Revolution” continues. Detroit-based research and consulting firms Jacobs Media Strategies and jācapps, along with partner Sonic Ai, today revealed details from a new national online study showing that one in five (20%) respondents age 13 and older with Internet access plan to purchase a voice-controlled smart speaker such as an

By |2017-11-30T18:56:15-05:00November 30th, 2017|Connected Tech, Mobile MI|

Report: 3.1 Million U.S. Jobs To Become Obsolete Due To Artificial Intelligence Tech

WASHINGTON DC - According to the Council of Economic Advisors, approximately 3.1 million jobs will be rendered obsolete or permanently altered as a consequence of artificial intelligence technologies. Artificial intelligence (AI) will, for the foreseeable future, have a significant disruptive impact on jobs. That said, this disruption can create new opportunities if policymakers choose to harness

By |2017-11-30T18:38:34-05:00November 30th, 2017|IoT|

Detroit Middle School Students Have Access To UM-Qualcomm Thinkabit STEM Lab

DETROIT - More than 3,000 middle school students a year will be introduced to careers in science, technology, engineering and math, thanks to a collaboration between Qualcomm and the University of Michigan College of Engineering. These organizations are bringing the Qualcomm Thinkabit Lab, a hands-on engineering and career awareness program, into the Michigan Engineering Zone,

By |2017-11-30T18:20:53-05:00November 30th, 2017|STEM|

MSU Professor: Transparent Solar Is Wave Of The Future

EAST LANSING — See-through solar materials that can be applied to windows represent a massive source of untapped energy and could harvest as much power as bigger, bulkier rooftop solar units, scientists report in a recent issue of the scientific journal Nature Energy. Led by engineering researchers at Michigan State University, the authors argue that

By |2017-11-30T15:56:54-05:00November 30th, 2017|Clean Update, Featured, IoT|

Automation Could Add $1.1 Trillion To Global Economy In Next 10 Years

LONDON — Technological advances such as automation could increase global GDP by more than $1.1 trillion over the next 10-15 years, according to a new report from analysts at JPMorgan Asset Management seen exclusively by Business Insider. The asset management arm of banking giant JPMorgan believes that technological advances across all areas of society could lead

By |2017-11-30T14:59:55-05:00November 30th, 2017|IoT|

Global Smartphone Sales Up 3 Percent In Third Quarter

EGHAM, UK - Global sales of smartphones to end users totaled 383 million units in the third quarter of 2017, a 3 percent increase over the same period in 2016, according to Gartner, Inc. All of the top five smartphone vendors achieved double-digit growth apart from Apple, which achieved a 5.7 percent increase. "Despite market

By |2017-11-30T14:17:57-05:00November 30th, 2017|Connected Tech, Mobile MI|

Michigan Unemployment Rate Falls In 16 of 17 Major Labor Markets

LANSING - Seasonally unadjusted unemployment rates fell in 16 of the state's 17 major labor market areas in October. "October changes in the state's various local labor markets were typically small and seasonal," said Jason Palmer, director of the Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiatives. "Michigan's metropolitan area payroll job levels continued to

By |2017-11-30T14:18:18-05:00November 30th, 2017|News, Politics|

Michigan DEQ Board Proposal Sparks Controversy Between Business, Conservationists

LANSING - Business groups favored, and conservationists opposed, legislation that would create boards to oversee the rulemaking and permit appeals processes of the Department of Environmental Quality as well as create an advisory committee for the governor in testimony heard Wednesday. SB 652, SB 653 and SB 654 would create a series of oversight boards that would review and

By |2017-11-30T13:52:26-05:00November 30th, 2017|Politics|

Pixo Shows Off Virtual Reality Training Tech For First Responders

DETROIT — The virtual reality development company Pixo VR premiered its training platform for emergency management and first response teams at the Emerging Technologies Symposium for Emergency Solutions hosted earlier this month by Concordia University in Portland, Ore. Pixo was one of five companies selected to demonstrate the range of VR options for training emergency responders in

By |2017-11-29T20:06:26-05:00November 29th, 2017|ESD, IoT|