engineering
Bitwise raises $80 million to teach underserved to code
Bitwise Industries is a Fresno-based tech startup on a mission: teach underserved populations how to code, pay them to get real-world…
Replaced By A Room Full of CodeMonkeys: AI Use Cases for Software Engineers
Engineers may be grappling with the idea that AI can code, threatening low-level software developer jobs in the coming years, but AI is also…
New Nanophotonic Material Can Turn Heat to Electricity
Microscopy images show no discernible degradation before and after heat treating the material. Image credit: Andrej Lenert A new heat…
Grow with Google Program Helps Michigan Residents Enter or Switch Tech Careers
Looking for a career shift or boost in your tech career? Google's Grow With Google program is offering professional training and…
CarBeast creates AI tool to predict car repair costs
CarBeast is a Michigan and California-based startup who created an AI tool with a different application: it helps you make informed…
Midwest startup uses AI and robotics to build modern homes
Terran walls have an adobe structure and are built by drone using AI. It's no secret lumber costs have skyrocketed, which opens the door to…
GM Secures Raw Materials & Partnerships To Produce Future EVs
The 2024 Chevy Silverado EV. GM and PG&E have been exploring the use of EVs as backup power generators. A number of materials shortages have…
University of Michigan Founds New Department of Robotics, a First Among Top Engineering Schools
Students arrange robots for the Robot Garden at the new Robotics building on the campus of the University of Michigan. Photos courtesy…
Apply For Perficient's Bright Paths Coding Camp Detroit
"Perficient’s Bright Paths Program is designed to advance STEM education and career opportunities for women and other underrepresented…
Septentrio Releases New Open Source Hardware for IoT & Autonomous Applications
Septentrio releases open-source wireless GPS/GNSS hardware for IoT and autonomous applications Septentrio, a leader in high-precision GNSS…
How (and When) To Hire Cybersecurity Staff For Your Business
This post is sponsored by cloud consulting firm Trek10, who support businesses by migrating their data to the cloud and protecting them from…
The Ann Arbor Mobility Summit: Autonomous, Electrification, & Mobility as a Service Are Transforming The Future of Transport
Panel: Changing Face of Automotive in the New Normal Carla Bailo, Center for Automotive Research (Moderator) • Bill Frykman, Ford Mobility…
Universal Robots' Vision for Collaborative Automation
Robots Collaborating With Humans, Instead of Replacing Them Automation. It's an unavoidable job stealer, right? Well, maybe sometimes, but…
Over The Air Vehicle Software Updates Are Reshaping An Industry
Passenger cars and trucks have become rolling software updates, and while that has sped up product development cycles, it has created a big…
Voxel51 Releases Computer Vision Industry's First Open-Source Rapid Data Experimentation Tool
Ann Arbor startup and TechDisrupt 2019 AI top pick Voxel51 just announced that it has just launched a new tool called FiftyOne, the computer…
Censys Raises $15.5 Million, Hiring To Double Staff, As Cybersecurity Startup Announces New Features
The Censys team in Ann Arbor's Main Street offices. In light of the recent Meow attacks that delete vulnerable databases on the internet, we…
Innovation Beyond Borders with TusStar's International Startup Incubators
TusStar is an affiliated network of tech startup incubators and early stage venture accelerators located in over 130 cities around the world…
Virtual Summer Camps: Now Everyone Can Enjoy Remote Science & Art Camps
As summer camps went virtual across the U.S., we had a sneaky little thought. Who is to know if your kid is doing the remote summer camp…
New Startup Monstrsense Creates Ultrafast Spectrometer For Inspecting New Semiconductor Materials
What is happening with the newest cohort of tech and life science startups spun out of intellectual property invented at the University of…
Inside an Indiana Manufacturer's Rush To Produce PPE Components For Michigan Hospitals
Manufacturers across the Midwest are rushing at historic speeds to create protective gear, ventilator components, and other hospital gear…
A Better Graphic Tablet for the Blind
Sure, there are braille tablets these days that are pretty amazing. They translate several words or lines of text from websites into raised…
MAXAR Builds Next-Generation Technology For Space Infrastructure To Earth Intelligence To Self-Driving Cars
Little known fact: Ypsilanti, Michigan, has been home to a satellite and remote sensing company now called MAXAR since 1947. Focused on…
Meet The Makers of GoTech, Maker Works & Rocks and Robots Summer Camp
GoTech members Francis Esmonde-White and George Albercook pose with a headset custom designed for the visually impaired in front of an…
Developing Engineering Excellence with Award-Winning Workplace Atomic Object
Atomic director of marketing Elaine Ezekiel and managing partner Jonah Bailey stand in their conference room on N. Fifth across from the…
Mentors of Michigan Tech: Gerry Roston
Gerry Roston, CEO of Civionics and mentor at TechTown Detroit. Courtesy photo. Even undergrad students at the University of Michigan now…