EAST LANSING – Who says you can’t get something for nothing? A Michigan-based technology firm is offering a free edge to the first 1,000 users who sign up for its SmartBracket software, which uses artificial intelligence to make optimal college basketball picks. Last year, SmartBracket finished in the 95th percentile out of more than 13
DETROIT - Some companies feel they are being disrupted by outside forces while others create change from within. Come join the disruptors driving innovation at Manufacturing in America 2017. Everybody is talking about manufacturing: the economy is revving up, and it’s a hot political topic. Ideally, building our industries through expansion and on-shoring will bring
ANN ARBOR - Amazon Web Services (AWS), providing internet access to roughly 40 percent of the U.S. market, crashed on Tuesday afternoon for about five hours, unplugging millions of business websites that serve tens of millions of clients. Online Tech CEO Yan Ness said chief information officers are still picking up the pieces today, and
GRAND LEDGE - Over the past several months, alarm bells have been going off regarding potential attacks against the U.S. electrical grid. Consider these recent media headlines: The Wall Street Journal: Cyberattacks Raise Alarm for U.S. Power Grid — Excerpt: “Cyberattacks that have knocked out electric utilities in Ukraine, including one suspected hack earlier this
PLYMOUTH - Recent media coverage of hospitals penalized for high rates of hospital-acquired infections brings into focus one of the most preventable causes of such infections: unclean surgical instruments. Ensuring the cleanliness of surgical instruments has long been a vexing and troublesome issue for health care facilities. Until recently, however, most of the population was
LANSING - Fake news is now headline news. Add in fake apps and fake websites, and many organizations have a huge credibility problem. Let’s explore what you can do for real. Hoaxes have been around forever. From online pictures of seven-headed snakes to Russian President Putin riding a bear, most people know better and move on
HOUGHTON - The auto industry tends to be fiercely competitive. So what would bring multiple companies together on research projects? How about the chance to direct the nature of the research and having access to the engineers, scientists and students doing it—and the final results? That’s what Michigan Technological University’s new Light Duty Engine Consortium
OWOSSO - More than 30 students from Porter County Career and Technical Center, Valparaiso, Indiana, recently traveled to Baker College’s Owosso campus to learn about post-high school educational options at the Auto/Diesel Institute of Michigan. “Baker College’s ADI offers high quality programs in a state-of-the-art facility that are significantly different than a typical technical school,”
ROCHESTER HILLS - Just about every business these days is getting hacked. For example, at the beginning of June, the Twitter and Pinterest accounts of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg were breached because he used a common password: “dadada”. Zuckerberg was lucky, however, since the hack was conducted by a company testing his security. Zuckerberg is not alone.
TROY - The fourth quarter of 2016 ended on a high note for Automation Alley, Michigan’s leading technology business association, as its international business team conducted successful trade missions in both Cuba and Mexico and assisted in attracting Chinese robotics company DUO Robotic Solutions Inc. to Southeast Michigan. Automation Alley traveled to Mexico with 11
