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Michigan companies eager to invest in renewable energy projects
Jay Greene - Enthusiasm by private companies in Michigan to invest in renewable energy projects was on exhibit at the third annual Michigan Energy Conference on Tuesday in Detroit at the Westin Book...
View ArticleMichigan's first bio-industry roadmap shows better policies, capital are crucial
Tom Henderson - Michigan ranks highly in academic research and development and in technology innovation in the bioscience sector, but more investment capital and C-suite expertise, as well as better...
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Sources: Google seeking local R&D site for autonomous cars
Crain's Detroit Business - Google Inc. is in the market for new high-tech space in the suburbs. Sources say the Internet giant has been scouting for locations of at least 30,000 square feet for R&D...
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Bed that converts to wheelchair puts nurses, doctors in driver's seat
Leslie D. Green Special to Crain's Detroit Business - When his sister injured her back after lifting a patient, a young Bob Karwal thought it was an inevitable part of his sister's nursing job. Yet...
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Holland firm puts its finger on improving touch tech
Leslie D. Green Special to Crain's Detroit Business - AlSentis LLC is a semiconductor company, but what it actually does sounds far more interesting when you hear the CEO explain it. "Imagine being...
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Equipment TLC: Technology senses when something's about to go wrong
Leslie D. Green Special to Crain's Detroit Business - Temperature changes, weight loads, equipment that needs TLC — those are among the industrial infrastructure properties that Internet of Things...
View ArticleBattle for brainpower: Ownership of product smarts is key to control
Leslie D. Green Special to Crain's Detroit Business - Michigan is in a fight for mind share. At least, that's how Automation Alley COO Tom Kelly sees it. State-based companies that invest in the...
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PsiKick cracked code for battery-less tech
Leslie D. Green Special to Crain's Detroit Business - It's not news to say experts believe nearly every "thing" — bicycles, toasters, eyeglasses, clothing, lampposts — will eventually use embedded...
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Internet of Things takes on workspaces, hospital care, transportation
Leslie D. Green Special to Crain's Detroit Business - Here are some other new applications of Internet of Things technology from Michigan companies:
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Surfing the Internet of Things: Industry still sorting out complex network
Leslie D. Green Special to Crain's Detroit Business - Defining the Internet of Things is like describing a platypus: a complex, highly adaptable animal. Ask experts and you might hear, "The Internet of...
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Joint development agreements smooth way for auto tech partnerships
Doug Henze Special to Crain's Detroit Business - With the Motor City's ties with Silicon Valley growing, the use of joint development agreements is on the rise. Local legal experts say the contracts...
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Kalamazoo company Vestaron turns spider venom into pesticides – and capital
Tom Henderson - There's a light at the end of the tunnel for Vestaron Corp., a spinoff from the University of Connecticut recruited to Kalamazoo in 2007 to turn spider venom into bug-killing...
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Western Michigan spinoff laser tool company hopes to find right fit with...
Tom Henderson - There are customers, and then there are customers.Micro-Laser Assisted Machining Technologies LLC (Micro-LAM), a spinoff from Western Michigan University that makes retrofitted...
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MSU graduate returns home to run startup that treats jaundice
Tom Henderson - Alexa Jones had the entrepreneurial bug.So, a year and a half into what promised to be a lucrative career with Goldman Sachs Group Inc., where she was a foreign-exchange analyst in...
View ArticleUM spinoff Lycera starts anti-cancer drug trials
Tom Henderson - Lycera Corp., a University of Michigan spinoff developing drugs that target cancer and diseases of the immune system, has started human trials that could lead to the sale of the...
View ArticleDTE Energy Foundation gives $300,000 to GVSU center
Tom Henderson - The DTE Energy Foundation has donated $300,000 to Grand Valley State University's Electromagnetic Compatibility Center in Grand Rapids.The center helps local businesses design and test...
View ArticleFormer GVSU professor gains second solar panels patent
Tom Henderson - James Wolter, a retired physics professor at Grand Valley State University, has received a second U.S. patent for ways to improve energy storage and distribution involving solar...
View ArticleONL Therapeutics receives federal designation for retinal drug
Tom Henderson - ONL Therapeutics Inc., an Ann Arbor-based spinoff from the University of Michigan, has received a crucial orphan-drug designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its...
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UM professors, students lead startup with real-world uses for AI technology
Tom Henderson - There's nothing artificial about the round of funding that has been raised by Clinc Inc., an Ann Arbor startup focusing on real-world applications for artificial intelligence.Clinc was...
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State allocates $5 million to Michigan-China Innovation Center, names leadership
Dustin Walsh - The Michigan Strategic Fund authorized $5 million earlier this week to create the Michigan-China Innovation Center, a nonprofit designed to boost direct investment in the state from...
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