Guest Columns

Autobeat Daily, Next Energy Launch Advanced Mobility Project

DETROIT - Autobeat Group, publisher of Autobeat Daily, Autobeat Europe, and Autobeat Asia has announced the launch of the Advanced Mobility Project, a new independent news and information source about innovations in the transport of people and goods. The Advanced Mobility Project will monitor fast-moving global trends in mobility, including such hot topics as connected

By |2014-01-24T00:00:00-05:00January 24th, 2014|Archive, Guest Columns|

Stephen Rapundalo, MichBio CEO: On the Road

ANN ARBOR - The last month served as a great opportunity to relax, recharge, and catch up on needed tasks. As we begin the New Year, I have only one company visit to share with you. I recently visited Centurion Medical Products in Williamston. The privately-held company with 1,100 employees and revenues around $200 million,

By |2014-01-22T00:00:00-05:00January 22nd, 2014|Archive, Guest Columns|

There Is Little Left Of America’s Telecom Equipment Manufacturing Industry; United States Has To Create A New Industry From Scratch

WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. telecommunications industry has lost its ability to manufacture advanced telecommunications products needed by the U.S. military, according to a government committee comprised of the senior-most members of the President's cabinet. The U.S. position in the global telecommunications equipment market is "diminishing," according to the Defense Production Act Committee's Telecommunications Industrial

By |2014-01-16T00:00:00-05:00January 16th, 2014|Archive, Guest Columns|

Self-Driving Vehicles Not Quite Ready For Take-Off, Sir

DETROIT - This year's Consumer Electronics Show and new vehicle launches at the North American International Auto Show were heavily focused on vehicle technology as much as vehicle styling and performance. While the tech buzz at NAIAS was skewed toward vehicle telematics, infotainment options, and alternative fuel strategies, the CES was abuzz with talk of

By |2014-01-16T00:00:00-05:00January 16th, 2014|Archive, Guest Columns|

Cyber Styletto Chapter Eight – 3 a.m., Christmas Morning, Hong Kong International Airport

HONG KONG - Tonight's sortie was an old-fashioned stakeout, Buck had said. If Yvonne had ever been on one, she would have understood his sentiment, but instead she was anxious, feeling exposed to dangers she never experienced working in her labs behind the protection of computer screens and miles, sometimes thousands of them, between her

By |2014-01-02T00:00:00-05:00January 2nd, 2014|Archive, Guest Columns|

Cyber Styletto – Chapter Five – 4p.m., Thursday, offices of Ryan Repo Services

SAN FRANCISCO - Buck Ryan made boxcars full of money repossessing aircraft whose buyers were in default. The glamorous sounding business, though, meant spending hours in dark and dirty locations, waiting, watching and drinking gallons of bad coffee, poised for the right opportunity to move. So when it came to spending that money, Buck made

By |2013-12-13T00:00:00-05:00December 13th, 2013|Archive, Guest Columns|