Toyota to build driveless vehicle R&D site in Ann Arbor
Autonomous vehicle research is all the rage, and Toyota is getting in on the action with a new R&D center in Ann Arbor.
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How Ann Arbor public transit fits into the new shared-mobility network
Uber, bikesharing and Zipcar are the newest pieces in our local transportation puzzle. So what does that mean for Ann Arbor's public transit system? Concentrate digs in.
Are urban planners ready for driverless cars? No.
A University of Pennsylvania researcher perused the plans of the 25 largest metro planning organizations and found that 24 don't even mention self-driving cars in their future.
The future of car technology isn’t in Detroit or Silicon Valley. It’s in Ann Arbor.
Detroit may be the Motor City, but Ann Arbor is becoming ground zero for the industry-disrupting wireless and autonomous innovations that will usher in the next generation of automobiles.
Digitization drives Image Data Conversion growth in Saline
The world is full of more paperwork than anyone could, or want to, read in a lifetime. Image Data Conversion is building a business by digitizing those documents for the 21st Century.
The future of Ann Arbor transit, part 1: Who’s not riding and why?
Concentrate's Patrick Dunn kicks off a four-part series on the state of mass transit in our community: who's riding, what it needs, and how we plan for the future.
Ann Arbor’s robot city
The University of Michigan has opened Mcity, a $6.5 million, 32-acre simulated urban and suburban environment where self driving cars and mechanical pedestrians run wild. Okay, maybe not run wild. But it does make you wonder when they'll open WestWorld. Excerpt: "The University of Michigan opened Mcity, the world's first controlled environment specifically designed to test the potential of connected and automated vehicle technologies that will lead the way to mass-market driverless cars today." Read the rest here.
Ann Arbor-made Stratos card put to the test
Wired takes the all-cards-in-one Stratos credit card out for a spin… and is impressed with what it can do. Excerpt: "There are a thousand upsides to a card like Stratos, even beyond finally ditching your gigantic George Costanza wallet. It can make sure you actually use your gift cards, or make getting a loyalty card totally automatic. It’s much more secure than a standard credit card, for a variety of reasons. If you lose it, just shut it off—you don’t need to cancel the individual cards themselves. It even uses Bluetooth to warn you if you left it in the check-holder, and will shut off if you get too far away." Read the rest here.
Full STEAM ahead for Ann Arbor’s Northside Elementary
After years of dwindling enrollment, Ann Arbor's Northside Elementary School fully embraced the concept of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) integrated learning. The result has been a dramatic upswing in student admissions and performance. So much so that the school is expanding to a K-8 curriculum in 2016.
5 ‘tech titans’ have strong ties to Michigan
Of the 23 "titans" listed in this compendium of tech giants, more than 20 percent have strong ties to the Mitten. And more than a couple are U-M grads. Excerpt: "... we've profiled 23 tech titans with Midwest roots, whether they earned their degrees here or were born-and-bred. Yes, each founder and executive eventully left for the coast, but if the region continues to build out its individual tech hubs, the surrounding states will start to retain the game-changing innovators - like Marc Andreesen, Larry Page, Jack Dorsey, and more - that it's consistenly seeding. " Read the list here.
How Ann Arbor public transit fits into the new shared-mobility network
Uber, bikesharing and Zipcar are the newest pieces in our local transportation puzzle. So what does that mean for Ann Arbor's public transit system? Concentrate digs in.
Are urban planners ready for driverless cars? No.
A University of Pennsylvania researcher perused the plans of the 25 largest metro planning organizations and found that 24 don't even mention self-driving cars in their future.
The future of car technology isn’t in Detroit or Silicon Valley. It’s in Ann Arbor.
Detroit may be the Motor City, but Ann Arbor is becoming ground zero for the industry-disrupting wireless and autonomous innovations that will usher in the next generation of automobiles.
Digitization drives Image Data Conversion growth in Saline
The world is full of more paperwork than anyone could, or want to, read in a lifetime. Image Data Conversion is building a business by digitizing those documents for the 21st Century.
The future of Ann Arbor transit, part 1: Who’s not riding and why?
Concentrate's Patrick Dunn kicks off a four-part series on the state of mass transit in our community: who's riding, what it needs, and how we plan for the future.
Ann Arbor’s robot city
The University of Michigan has opened Mcity, a $6.5 million, 32-acre simulated urban and suburban environment where self driving cars and mechanical pedestrians run wild. Okay, maybe not run wild. But it does make you wonder when they'll open WestWorld. Excerpt: "The University of Michigan opened Mcity, the world's first controlled environment specifically designed to test the potential of connected and automated vehicle technologies that will lead the way to mass-market driverless cars today." Read the rest here.
Ann Arbor-made Stratos card put to the test
Wired takes the all-cards-in-one Stratos credit card out for a spin… and is impressed with what it can do. Excerpt: "There are a thousand upsides to a card like Stratos, even beyond finally ditching your gigantic George Costanza wallet. It can make sure you actually use your gift cards, or make getting a loyalty card totally automatic. It’s much more secure than a standard credit card, for a variety of reasons. If you lose it, just shut it off—you don’t need to cancel the individual cards themselves. It even uses Bluetooth to warn you if you left it in the check-holder, and will shut off if you get too far away." Read the rest here.
Full STEAM ahead for Ann Arbor’s Northside Elementary
After years of dwindling enrollment, Ann Arbor's Northside Elementary School fully embraced the concept of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) integrated learning. The result has been a dramatic upswing in student admissions and performance. So much so that the school is expanding to a K-8 curriculum in 2016.
5 ‘tech titans’ have strong ties to Michigan
Of the 23 "titans" listed in this compendium of tech giants, more than 20 percent have strong ties to the Mitten. And more than a couple are U-M grads. Excerpt: "... we've profiled 23 tech titans with Midwest roots, whether they earned their degrees here or were born-and-bred. Yes, each founder and executive eventully left for the coast, but if the region continues to build out its individual tech hubs, the surrounding states will start to retain the game-changing innovators - like Marc Andreesen, Larry Page, Jack Dorsey, and more - that it's consistenly seeding. " Read the list here.
