Ann Arbor’s Ornicept wins surprise at Clean Energy Challenge

One Ann Arbor firm won a nice prize at last week's Clean Energy Challenge in Chicago, while another took home a surprise gift. Excerpt: "The contest brought together the nation's top researchers, entrepreneurs, investors and policy makers to uncover the most promising cleantech startups in the Midwest. SkySpecs, a University of Michigan firm that uses unmanned aircraft to monitor sewers, wind turbines and bridges, won the Invenergy prize…??At the last minute, the judges chipped in $10,000 of their own money to support Ornicept, an Ann Arbor, Mich., start-up that can track and analyze bird populations with cameras and cloud computing software." More here.