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Michigan loses out on federal tech hub funding
None of the five Michigan regions that sought an influx of federal dollars aimed at jumpstarting growth in the tech sector were selected by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration. The department announced the designation of 31 tech hubs across the country that will receive funding. While Michigan was not among the 31…
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3 ways to find innovation at NRF 2024: Retail’s Big Show
NRF 2024: Retail’s Big Show, Jan. 14-16, will include more than 50 carefully curated companies in the NRF Innovation Lab. As a must-see destination at Retail’s Big Show for seven years now, the Lab showcases new-to-market technology including the latest applications in artificial intelligence, augmented reality, machine learning, facial recognition, robotics and more. This immersive…
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KIA’s Vision of the Future of EV Design Leaves Mushroom for Innovation
We got to meet the boldly buff 2024 Kia EV9 up close just before driving off in the ludicrously fun Kia EV6, alongside the Korean brand’s full stable of electric vehicles during a recent KIA event. Sadly, we never got the opportunity to get behind the wheel of the confidently creased three-row electric SUV behemoth,…
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Wisconsin health sciences consortium gets federal innovation funds to accelerate biotech industry
A group of Wisconsin businesses, universities and government agencies is one of 31 consortiums nationwide to win funding for development a regional technology hub. The Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub, selected from hundreds of applications to the federal the Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs program, will receive a $350,000 planning grant. With the designation as a regional hub…
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Blackbaud Announces Major Wave of Innovation in Essential Social Impact Technology at bbcon 2023
Product innovation highlights include more seamless integration, built-in artificial intelligence and enhanced flexibility CHARLESTON, S.C., Oct. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the leading provider of software for powering social impact, kicked off its annual technology conference, bbcon, announcing the latest innovations for its purpose-built, essential software that’s used worldwide to power fundraising, nonprofit…
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Innovative ideas fuel UM-Flint student competition
A quartet of University of Michigan-Flint students recently took the ancient proverb, “necessity is the mother of invention,” to heart via the Office of Economic Development’s UMake the Change Student Innovation Competition. The competition encourages an innovative mindset among UM-Flint students from all disciplines. Students must submit a short video pitch and PowerPoint describing their…
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Innovative economy: Buckle up and hang on
CONNECT held its second annual Innovation Day on Sept. 14 at Petco Park where over 3,600 people came to celebrate the past, present and future of our innovation economy, to network, to ask questions and to learn. Wow. My bride, Barbara Bry, and I were pleasantly overwhelmed and frequently reminded of the famous phrase about…
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Agenda announced for mining innovation conference
Keynote speakers have been confirmed for the second annual Mining Innovation Commercialization Accelerator (MICA) conference, taking place in Toronto this November. The conference, scheduled for November 14-15 at the Radisson Blu Downtown Toronto, brings together mining-industry stakeholders to discuss problems to the sector’s challenges. Its host, MICA, is an offshoot of the Sudbury-based Centre for…
