Technology & Innovation

Coverage of innovative research, development, and deployment of technology and technological advances, including hardware, software, and software as service.

Mobility Moments Podcast: Elaina Farnsworth, The NEXT Education

Mobility talent development stretches across the entire mobility infrastructure. Listen as we chat with Elaina Farnsworth, CEO of The NEXT Education, a Michigan-based company that is preparing workers to support the dynamic and rapid-growing mobility ecosystem.

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These Detroiters are introducing newcomers to their city – via text

The new Text a Detroiter service from the Detroit Regional Chamber lets people submit questions about the area to local experts who respond directly through a messaging platform.

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This scrappy community station is rewriting the rules of Detroit radio

For the past year, 96.7 WNUC, a low power FM radio station located in Detroit's North End, has been designing programs by and for Detroit residents.

Kevin Mull is director of connected mobility solutions at Bosch.
Why collaboration is critical in the era of mobility

A new collaborative framework is emerging, and legacy companies are partnering with mobility startups or buying them outright. How will Detroit's ethos of collaboration speed mobility to the market?

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PlanetM launches new million dollar grant program for Michigan mobility startups

Mobility startups worldwide have even more incentive to test and deploy their technologies in Michigan with the announcement of a new grant program.

How has Detroit remained the nation’s automobile hub? Technological integration

The greater Detroit area has been a hub for designing and building automobiles for decades, and the region is poised to continue to be an automotive hub into the future, even as the industry faces new challenges.

Saving lives and delivering innovative care: When mobility and health care intersect

Applications for mobility innovation are as broad and as wide-reaching as the imagination. In Detroit, leaders in mobility and health care are beginning to speak the same language. 

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New Wayne State lab uses autonomous vehicle tech to develop innovative computing solutions

Computer scientists at Detroit’s Wayne State University have established an innovation lab to research and implement edge computing solutions for connected and autonomous vehicle technology. What's it all about?

Bozoma Saint John of Uber speaks at AfroTech in 2017
Major west coast tech conference focusing on African-American entrepreneurship comes to Detroit

AfroTech Detroit will bring together local and national technology leaders for workshops and panel discussions on a variety of topics related to black entrepreneurship in tech.

Abess Makki, founder of CityInsight
8 Detroit startups that could change the world

Detroit's startup culture is as vibrant as it's been in years. Here are eight small businesses and entrepreneurs that could soon or already have make waves outside of Detroit.

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