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Highland Park Ford Plant (Photo Credit: Justin Maconochie via WTTW)

Ford Plant Makes List Of 10 Most Influential Buildings

The Highland Park Ford Plant, first to implement the assembly line, is No. 5 on “10 Buildings that Changed America.”

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/05/16

Henry Ford in 1919. Wikimedia Commons photo.

Michigan Firms Partner For Web Site For Henry Ford’s 150th Birthday

The father of American mass production’s 150th birthday is this year, and two Michigan companies have teamed up to create a Web site to celebrate it.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/03/07

Henry Ford ‘Clones’ Show Off Oldest Surviving Model A During Auto Show

We met quite a gentleman in Ford country — Henry Ford himself to be exact. Actually five Henry Fords materialized in the exhibit — each representing the engineering genius at different points in his life.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/01/19

Henry Ford And Beaumont Hospitals Announce Plan To Merge

Two Southeast Michigan health systems say they have signed an agreement to combine operations into a single, $6.4 billion nonprofit organization.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/10/31

Event Notices From October 26-28

The latest meeting and event notices from Michigan’s technology-focused companies, institutions and groups

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/10/28

MVU Moves Online Learning Into Detroit High Schools

Michigan Virtual University said Wednesday that it will provide online courses to 600 Detroit high school students this fall in a partnership with the state’s Education Achievement Authority.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/09/12

Photo Credit: The Henry Ford Museum/Facebook

Walk In The Footsteps Of Detroit’s Historical and Important Figures

Although not open to tourists, places near and dear to the hearts of Detroit founders are shrines to ingenuity.

2012/08/13

(Photo: makerfairedetroit.com) Maker Bethany Shorb silkscreens designs onto neckties.

Maker Faire Detroit Returns To The Henry Ford

Maker Faire Detroit offers everything from robots, flame shooters, animatronics, solar-powered mechanical sculptures, fashionable finds, to musical performances, fire arts and hands-on activities.

CBS Detroit–2012/07/27

An example of the kind of things tinkerers make for the Maker Faire. Photo, makerfaire.com.

Makers, Tinkers, Hackers, Inventors Unite at The Henry Ford for Maker Faire Detroit

On Saturday, July 28 and Sunday, July 29, more than 400 makers will bring their MacGyver-style do-it-yourself wonders to the home of innovation, The Henry Ford, for Maker Faire Detroit 2012, the Midwest’s largest two-day festival dedicated to those that build, tinker and create.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/07/24