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10th Annual LTU RoboParade Celebrates Halloween Oct. 24

SOUTHFIELD - Students from elementary through high school will demonstrate their ability to design, program and build autonomous (self-driving) robots at Lawrence Technological University’s RoboParade on Oct. 24 in the Expo Center on the South Campus of Macomb Community College in Warren. The event is free and open to the public. This year’s parade theme

By |2015-10-15T17:15:19-04:00October 15th, 2015|Autonomous Vehicles, Entrepreneurs, Featured, Science|

Great Lakes Ag-Tech Business Incubator Gets $75,000 In Cash Contributions

ZEELAND - Less than one year after opening its doors, the Great Lakes Ag-Tech Business Incubator has received over $75,000 in cash contributions from public and private sector sponsors, signed Client Agreements with four ag-technology companies with a fifth expected before the end of the year. It has also gained support from Barry County and

By |2015-10-15T13:05:51-04:00October 15th, 2015|Entrepreneurs, Science|

Deadline For MTConnect Student Challenged Extended To Dec. 15

  BLAIRSVILLE, Pa. – The submission deadline for the Ideation Competition of the first MTConnect Student Challenge has been extended to December 15 to allow students not only more time to develop and submit their ideas, but also enable more students to participate. The MTConnect Student Challenge offers all U.S. college students (undergraduate and graduate;

By |2015-09-23T21:01:02-04:00September 23rd, 2015|Science|

MSU Makes Smart Material Even Smarter

EAST LANSING - A team of researchers, including some from Michigan State University, is making a smart material smarter in order to make a better antenna. Using a series of grants from the National Science Foundation, the team is manipulating a material known as vanadium dioxide, or VO2, making it useable in a size that

By |2015-09-20T10:14:04-04:00September 20th, 2015|Science|

MSU Makes Smart Material Even Smarter

EAST LANSING - A team of researchers, including some from Michigan State University, is making a smart material smarter in order to make a better antenna. Using a series of grants from the National Science Foundation, the team is manipulating a material known as vanadium dioxide, or VO2, making it useable in a size that

By |2015-09-17T18:16:26-04:00September 9th, 2015|Featured, Science|