Technology and Innovation

WSU nursing PhD ranks 5th in nation

The PhD nursing program at Wayne State University in Detroit ranked 5th in the country according to a recent rating from a New York-based nonprofit.

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Las Vegas electronics show features 13 SE Mich. firms

Thirteen local firms showed their stuff at the annual Las Vegas International Consumer Electronics Show last week.

SPARK spreading $6.6 million in state funds to start-ups

Ann Arbor-based SPARK, a business development group,  is distributing $6.6 million in start-up money for tech businesses in Michigan.  The businesses will be focussed on alternative energy, homeland security, life sciences and automotive research.

Modern architecture enlivening Southeast Michigan’s landscape

Environmentally sensitive, beautifully detailed innovative modern building design is sprouting up all over Southeast Michigan.

Nine community colleges to share $2.15 million grant to develop ‘innovation education’

Nine metro Detroit community colleges will share a $2.15 million federal grant to develop a core curriculum in "innovation education."

Biotech firm Cerenis to double staff over next 18 months

Cerenis Therapeutics, with employees in Ann Arbor and France, landed the largest venture capital investment in the state with a $52 million investment from a group of investment companies this fall and plans to double its staff within the next 18 months.

GR-based Greenbuilt Michigan expands services statewide

Grand Rapids-based Greenbuilt Michigan has extended its services to the entire state of Michigan, meaing construction professionals statewide will have better access to the nonprofit's green training.

$150,000 grant goes to NextEnergy to build energy-saving tool for Web

NextEnergy was awarded a $150,000 grant from the Michigan Public Service Commission to develop and host a web-based fleet processing tool. The tool is designed to assist fleet managers in determining “what kind of technology would be best suited for how they use their vehicles,” explains NextEnergy’s director of program development Jim Saber.

Street-legal electric vehicle — EcoV — rolls out of Grosse Pointe company

EnVironmental Transportation Solutions, based out of Grosse Pointe Woods, has developed a proof-of-concept urban-based low-speed electric vehicle ready for line production. 

Ann Arbor-based designer to create PS3 game

Game developer Matt Toschlog has started development on a game for Sony’s Playstation 3 under his new Ann Arbor-based company Reactor Zero.

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