ANN ARBOR - A 32-acre mini-city designed expressly for testing connected and automated vehicle systems, and other emerging 21st-century smart city technologies, is taking shape on the University of Michigan's North Campus. Called M City, the one-of-a-kind facility will include a network of roads with up to five lanes, intersections, roundabouts, roadway markings, traffic signs
PONTIAC - Oakland County, through its tech248 initiative, and MITechNews.Com have partnered to enable Oakland County technology companies to reach a wider Michigan audience with a flip of the switch, County Executive L. Brooks Patterson announced Thursday. By submitting press releases to
TROY - Automation Alley will host its Technology Industry Outlook Feb. 12 at the Colony Club Detroit where it will release its 2014 Technology Industry Report that will include an economic forecast the showcases the region?s innovation and high-tech job creation. Pre-registration closes Feb. 9 at close of business. With data compiled by Lansing-based Anderson
DETROIT - AT&T announced Wednesday it is bringing back its popular Rollover concept ? but this time for data. Beginning January 25, all new and current AT&T Mobile Share Value customers will automatically receive the Rollover Data feature at no additional cost. Now, all Mobile Share Value customers will have their unused, shareable plan data
ANN ARBOR - Gas mileage of new vehicles sold in the U.S. slipped last month, driven in part by the dramatic drop in fuel prices, reports the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Average fuel economy (window-sticker values) of cars, light trucks, vans and SUVs purchased in December was 25.1 mpg, down from 25.3 mpg
LIVONIA - Michigan born entrepreneur and The Grommet CEO Jules Pieri will draw on her years of experience reshaping how customer products get discovered, shared and bought in her keynote address to ACE ?15, the 15th Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship event to be held January 29 at Burton Manor in Livonia. Pieri?s extensive resume includes
DETROIT- Reflecting a sustained economic upswing, the Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index surpassed November?s PMI of 56.8 to record a strong year-end finish of 64.2 for December. A PMI value above 50 generally suggests economic growth. ?Contributing factors that lead to December?s increase include a number of indices,? said Timothy Butler, associate professor of supply
LANSING - The state buys a lot of things, and it is working to think differently about how it makes those purchases, Technology, Management and Budget Director David Behen told Gongwer News Service in a recent interview. The department is revising its overall purchasing system to ensure it gets the best price on the goods
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. ? Within the next five years, more than 90% of all IoT data will be hosted on service provider platforms as cloud computing reduces the complexity of supporting IoT Data Blending. "The Internet of Things will give IT managers a lot to think about," said Vernon Turner, Senior Vice President of Research. "Enterprises
WHITMORE LAKE - RheTech has reached an agreement to be acquired by HEXPOL, a Swedish-based polymers group. The acquisition is expected to be completed in early 2015 after regulatory approvals. Terms were not disclosed. ?This is excellent news for RheTech,? said John Levinson, president and chief executive officer. HEXPOL is already a leading worldwide compounder