In the Regional Technology Center on the Mott Community College campus, the “FabLab” (Digital Fabrication Laboratory) is a place where students, community members, and business owners can use digital tools to turn their inventive ideas into tangible products. The college sees the lab as a way to support creativity and provide access to sophisticated equipment
Every hour, over 100 infants die from hypothermia – 140, to be exact. Worldwide, almost four million infants die each year during the neonatal period (0-27 days) in areas where hypothermia is a leading cause of mortality.* The good news: something is being done about it, right here in Michigan. Kettering University’s Dr. Uma Ramabadran
Since 1919, Kettering University has been training engineers, managers, designers and technicians. With Flint’s automotive history, it seems fitting to include a lab dedicated to car crash safety. However, the first crash safety course was not offered at Kettering until 2001. The Crash Safety Center opened in August 2005 in the Mott Science and Engineering
Patriot Ambulance Service of Flint is one of the most technologically advanced ambulance services in the country. From digital dispatches to call prediction software, Patriot has created a new standard for emergency response organizations. With an average response time of six minutes – 2.59 minutes lower than the national average – Patriot’s technology recently shifted
One night late in the year 2009, Rob Boggan of Flint sat with two close friends to discuss all things geekdom. What began as a normal conversation would soon evolve into a business plan. Boggan explained to My City Magazine what was deliberated that night. “We wanted to start a tech blog that reviewed phones