The Next Generation In Invention
By: Daniel Johnson,
6/25/2009
Meet the wunderkinds behind Titanium Expo Robotics, a company created by three high school kids from Royal Oak. Their land mine-detecting robot not only took top awards at Lawrence Tech's Robofest, it heralds a potentially game-changing industry for Southeast Michigan, while prompting deep ethical questions about where our technological innovations are headed. (
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A Better Set Of Building Blocks
By: Terry Parris Jr.,
4/9/2009
Infrastructure. It's not exactly a sexy word, but with the Obama administration's focus on rebuilding our nation's roads and bridges, innovation is in demand. Enter Lawrence Technological University, where new infrastructure inventions are an everyday way of life. (
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Nanotechnology: SE Michigan's Industrial Revolution
By: Lucy Ament,
4/24/2008
Got nanotech? Southeast Michigan does. Metromode has seen the future even though it's invisible to the naked eye. The next evolution in technology is occurring at the atomic level and it just may usher in a new industrial revolution. (
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Innovation U.
By: Dennis Archambault,
7/19/2007
Marcel Proust once said, "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." To wit, Michigan's smaller universities are expanding their commitment to research, understanding that high-tech talent and innovation are needed to remake the state's economic landscape. (
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Blog/Kurt Metzger
A celebrity demographer if there ever was one, Kurt Metzger, director of the Detroit Area Community Indicators System, is the go-to-guru for the latest trends in population flow. This week, Kurt holds forth on the importance of immigration to the region's vitality, right-sizing the city, and neighborhoods of opportunity. (
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