Tech Brewery’s Deal Savant to relaunch with more options
Deal Savant launched last year with the idea of leveraging a new bit of technology, QR codes, to connect retail businesses with their best customers for the best deals. Today the Tech Brewery-based start-up is broadening that connection. Joe Minock and Kyle Mulka developed a smartphone application that uses a QR code (think a checkerboard-like bar code that can appear on a touch screen) so people can claim discounts on purchases. Those codes tell... [Read More...]
To head off crashes, cars talk to each other in Ann Arbor
Technology is being developed to allow automobiles to exchange info with one another wirelessly in order to avoid accidents. Excerpt: "As many as 3,000 autos will be equipped with the technology in Ann Arbor, Mich. The test will help the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration decide whether to mandate wireless communication in cars to avoid accidents. The decision for light vehicles is planned in 2013." Read the rest here News... [Read More...]
Presentation on state incentives and capital programs
On July 14 we will be presenting a program on the many programs funded by the state that put cash in the bank accounts of start-ups and early stage growth companies. When you look around at the incentives other states are providing technology and other innovative entrepreneurs you will be hard pressed to find one that has as many creative programs providing capital than Michigan. We have programs for university based commercialization opportunities,... [Read More...]
