GRAND RAPIDS – Dematic announced this week updates to the latest release of its Warehouse Execution System software platform, Dematic iQ 2.5. It includes first-to-market Material Flow Analysis — a new blend of performance monitoring, analytical insights and visualization essential to operations efficiency. As an addition to the Dematic iQ Operations Management Center, this new tool
GRAND RAPIDS - A Grand Valley State University group has developed an app for a local entrepreneur that addresses a common concern among parents: the amount of time their children spend on electronics. Grand Valley's applied Medical Devices Institute (aMDI) has developed Test 4 Time! (T4T), an app that makes children earn screen time on tablets
ANN ARBOR - Technology for a University of Michigan learning approach that employs video game-style strategy made its way to the market this week. The gameful instruction tool known as GradeCraft is now available to K-12 schools and universities, and a key university that promotes the use of technology in the classroom has signed on.
ANN ARBOR - Consumers have taken a liking to products they can interact with such as Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri, and iRobot's pet-like Roomba vacuum. Ironically, in spite of the increasing popularity of these humanized products, people have never reported feeling more alone or isolated. This raises an interesting question: are these anthropomorphic products capable
ANN ARBOR - Airbus is partnering with the University of Michigan by funding an $8.5 million joint center to study computer simulation tools and techniques for designing and evaluating future aircraft. The agreement was signed this week at the Paris Air Show. Concepts like elongated wings could reduce fuel burn, emissions and the cost of
ROYAL OAK - The Michigan Clean Energy Conference & Fair will be held in Traverse City June 23 - 25. And new Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association Executive Director John Freeman provides all the details in this M2 TechCast Update. The Friday afternoon session on June 23 will take place at the State Theater, 233
ROYAL OAK - Comcast has rolled out new video surveillance product for businesses and Jeffrey Marston, vice president of Business Services for the Heartland Region, was on M2 TechCast to provide all the details. Listen up businesses in Clinton Township where a new ordinance requires business with high-crime potential to install video surveillance by Oct.
ALAMO TOWNSHIP – Kalamazoo-area manufacturer Quality Precast announced it will construct a 25,000-square-foot production facility and corporate headquarters, adding 20 new jobs. A precast manufacturer specializing in manholes, large block retaining walls and more, Quality Precast will invest $1,352,185 in this expansion. In support of this project, the company received a $3,000 grant approved by
DETROIT - Cobo Center is getting an additional $2 million technology upgrade that includes the installation of 60 intermediate distribution frames throughout the center that will support and enhance the 10-gigabyte broadband network. "We are creating a network that will accommodate the largest technology power-using events in the industry," said Claude Molinari, general manager of Cobo
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan will launch a new financial aid program for in-state students that offers a "Go Blue Guarantee" of free tuition for up to four years for students with family income of up to $65,000. The new program—which includes families earning up to what is roughly the state's median income—will
