Matt Roush

Matt’s Favorites: Internet Taxes OKd, 3D Printer Gun Advance, Cicadas Almost Ready, And Much More

So what’s new, interesting, and kind of weird in this wonderful world of high technology? Well, here’s what I found in the evening gloamings Monday night…

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/05/06

Matt’s Favorites: Really Slow Solar-Powered Flight, NASA Takes A Staycation, And More

So what’s new, different or even strange now that I’m back from the Tech Tour? Here’s what I found on a Sunday night…

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/05/05

The lobby of the New Enterprise Opportunity Center in Lansing, complete with its unusual method of making it down to the first floor in a hurry. Matt Roush photo.

Tech Tour Day Eight: Lansing A Tech Capital, Too

Yeah, I know, the FALL tech tour is the time I talk to Michigan’s outstanding research universities. But in the case of Lansing, East Lansing and Michigan State University, the local government’s tech-based economic development efforts are inextricably linked to the university’s.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/05/05

Consumers Energy's Croton Dam on the Muskegon River in Newaygo County. Wikimedia Commons photo.

Matt’s Favorites: Chinese Hackers Crack Dams, New Robot Hand, New Robot Bugs, And Much More

What’s new and wonderful from the world of high tech on this final day of the Tech Tour? Now that’s a question worth answering!

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/05/02

The Southwest Michigan Innovation Center, run by Southwest Michigan First.

Tech Tour Day Seven: Tech Rules The Zoo, And Battle Creek Too

Everybody in Michigan talks about startups and entrepreneurship. But few Michigan cities live it better than this community of 100,000 or so in the southwest corner of the state.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/05/02

Matt’s Favorites: Does Antimatter Fall Up?, Facebook Profits, Linked In Photos, Record CO2 Levels And More

So what’s new and wonderful in the world of high tech? Glad you asked, here goes… * So does antimatter fall up? The answer is a definite maybe. * Facebook Inc. said Wednesday that its […]

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/05/01

Annu Deol, founder of Worx Displays, at the back of one of her display systems

Tech Tour Day Six: Grand Rapids = Grand Tech Startups

Grand Rapids, capital of West Michigan, is big enough to have lots of big, longtime tech companies rivaling anything in metro Detroit. So hi, Trivalent! Howdy, Open Systems Technologies! You guys are great, but this time I wanted new faces. So I asked Tim Mroz at the economic development agency The Right Place Inc. to find me some startups. And he found me some great ones.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/05/01

Matt’s Favorites: Russia Jacks Up Price Of Space Travel, WWW Turns 20, Michigan FIRST Robotics A Winner Again, Michigan Growth Conference A Winner

So what’s the latest from the wonderful world of high tech as I hit the halfway point of my Tech Tour> I’m ever so glad you asked… * NASA is paying $424 million more to […]

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/05/01

This machine from Duperon in Bay City keeps debris out of water pipes. With the device is its inventory, Terry L. Duperon. Matt Roush photo.

Tech Tour Day Five: Tri-Cities Terrific

The Tri-Cities of Saginaw, Bay City and Midland is another corner of Michigan where there’s a proud tradition of, you know, actually building stuff, even when it comes to modern technology. And this tradition continues, even as the area remarkets itself as the Great Lakes Bay Region.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/04/30