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JUNE
8 2004
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Port Hope: New services benefit residents
Port
Hope officials were on-hand for the opening of a new
community center, which will house 10 computers available to
the public free of charge, each boasting high-speed Internet
access. This was made possible by a $219,176 grant funded
through Air Advantage LLC of Frankenmuth. Port Hope
superintendent Scott Belt hit the nail on the head when he
said, 'We're bursting at the seams with pride over this.'
Source:
Huron Daily Tribune, http://www.michigansthumb.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=11897194&BRD=2292&PAG=461&dept_id=472759&rfi=8
JUNE
9 2004
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Dearborn: HFCC offers technology camp
Henry
Ford Community College will offer a four-day Creativity with
Technology learning camp this summer for high school
students. This simulation camp is geared toward students
interested in technology, physics, or mechanics, said Gerald
Klein, HFCC drafting instructor and camp program
coordinator. Students will explore some of the oldest known
machines using state-of-the-art computer technology, design
and build working models and test them using modern
technology, and conduct computer experiments and perform
animation/simulation with CAD and data collection programs
Source:
Press and Guide, http://www.pressandguide.com/stories/060904/loc_20040609043.shtml
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East Grand Rapids: Towers plan gets lift from
high-tech show
A
virtual road trip along Lakeside Drive and west on Wealthy
Street into Gaslight Village convinced East Grand Rapids
officials that a 100-foot-tall building could fit right in.
It was the moving computer model that sold nearly every city
planner. As the computer-generated model whipped south
Lakeside Drive, audience members saw how the city's tree
canopy would obscure much of the view of the towers. As it
turned west onto Wealthy Street, it showed how two-story
retail shops proposed along the street would soften the
impact of the towers behind them. Computer models also
showed the shadow-impact of each building on surrounding
buildings during all four seasons.
Source:
Grand Rapids Press, http://www.mlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-15/1086792374115810.xml?grpress?NEG
JUNE
13 2004
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Pontiac: Laptops go on rounds
St.
Joseph Mercy Oakland in Pontiac is one of several hospitals
in Oakland County installing new technology to improve the
efficiency of health care. This spring, St. Joseph installed
the first phase of a $200 million technology project that
will link all of the hospital departments. The computer
system, called Millennium, was developed by Cerner Corp.,
based in Kansas City, and will take four years to implement.
Using wireless technology, the software tracks everything
from admission to patient symptoms and medical history.
After seeing a patient, doctors add notations to alert
nurses about what tests and medications are needed. Lab
results are recorded, and physicians are flagged when they
are done. One of the main goals is to eliminate patient
charts and eventually have a paperless environment. Another
benefit is the ability to analyze information such as the
amount of time a patient waits before seeing a doctor.
Source:
The Oakland Press, http://theoaklandpress.com/stories/061304/bus_20040613030.shtml
JUNE
14 2004
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Saginaw County: Crime mapping goes high-tech
The
Saginaw Police Department took the first step in bringing
crime mapping to Saginaw County more than two years ago when
it invested $35,000 in CrimeView, a computer program that
draws raw data from police reports and integrates that data
with geographic information. About another $5,000 will bring
all other Saginaw County police agencies into the loop.
Police across the nation herald the technology as a powerful
tool in pinpointing crime hot spots, recognizing patterns of
criminal behavior and expediting that information to
multiple agencies. Some agencies also make crime mapping
information available to citizens over the Web. Thomas
Township Police Chief Steven D. Kocsis, president of the
Saginaw County Association of Chiefs of Police, said Saginaw
County police have yet to discuss that possibility, but most
agree that that type of public awareness benefits law
enforcement as well as the general populace.
Source:
The Saginaw News, http://www.mlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1087222829303600.xml?sanews?NESP
JUNE
16 2004
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Dearborn: Village seniors get tech upgrades
Residents
of Henry Ford Village gathered recently to cut the red
ribbon that had been cere draped across the entrance to the
community's new state-of-the-art computer lab. Many
residents sat right down and booted up, anxious to connect
to the Internet. Within moments, residents were catching up
on emails, admiring digital photos of grandchildren sent to
them from near and far and making travel plans. This advance
in technology at Michigan's largest community for seniors
age 62 and above, was made possible through a $25,000
Excelerator Grant from the SBC Foundation, the philanthropic
arm of SBC Communications, Inc.
Source:
Press and Guide, http://www.pressandguide.com/stories/061604/loc_20040616038.shtml
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Madison Heights: Unsinkable learning experience -
Lamphere students participate in ‘Titanic Live!’
'I
saw the Titanic today, mom,” said fourth-grader Chelsea
Hoffman of Edmonson Elementary in Madison Heights. She is
one of thousands of students around the country who were
transported to the depths of the Atlantic to witness history
in the making as Robert Ballard and his crew revisited the
R.M.S. Titanic, which he initially discovered in 1985, to
assess the current state of the deteriorating ship. This
live broadcast from 12,000 feet below the surface of the
dark waters that swallowed the “unsinkable” ocean liner
is a part of the Immersion Project, also known as JASON
Project, that Ballard began 15 years ago. Students were able
to ask questions directly to Ballard about what they’d
seen and learned from the mission, as well as several
experts on-site.
Source:
Madison-Park News, http://www.candgnews.com/editorial/2004/june/16/madison/titanic%20live.html
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Grand Haven: Wireless Internet service available
citywide
It's
official. Grand Haven is a wireless community. Ottawa
Wireless, the creation of Grand Haven resident Tyler van
Houwelingen, is up and running throughout the city.
Depending on the service package customers choose, they can
roam throughout the city with laptop in hand without losing
an Internet connection -- or just go wireless inside their
homes. Van Houwelingen said the network was tested for
months before the official citywide rollout. He said the
network could be available in Grand Haven Township in 2005.
Negotiations are under way to bring it to select portions of
Ferrysburg and he is exploring bringing the service to
Muskegon as well.
Source:
Muskegon Chronicle, http://www.mlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1087397172274700.xml?muchronicle?NETR
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Zeeland, Park, and Holland Townships: Townships to
fund, share mapping system
Zeeland
Township has decided to partner with Holland and Park
townships to start a geographic information system, a
computer-based tool for mapping and analyzing information.
Holland Township is spearheading the project and has hired
the engineering firm of Prein & Newhof of Holland to
download information from Ottawa County's system, township
officials said.
Source:
Holland Sentinel, http://www.thehollandsentinel.net/stories/061604/loc_061604007.shtml
JUNE
17 2004
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Lansing: Forum offers tips on technology in
business
'Destination
Cool: Visioning Lansing's Information Technology Future'
brought together about 50 business owners, service providers
and government officials. When asked what their greatest
Internet technology challenges are, participants listed,
security and capacity; finding and retaining skilled
technology employees; predicting future changes in
technology; governmental regulation; and spam and viruses.
Turnout at the event shows people care about the future of
technology in Lansing, said Camron Gnass, owner of Lansing
Web design firm Vision Creative.
Source:
Lansing State Journal, http://www.lsj.com/news/business/040617_tech_10d.html
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Belding: Technology director hopes to update
district's equipment
The
Belding school district's new technology director, Raymond
Meyer, has two goals: network assessment and updating
equipment. Meyer said the network operating systems will be
upgraded from Windows 98 to XP Pro, which will provide more
security and better network interfacing. He also plans to
roll out another novelty for the district: a cart with 30
laptop computers that teachers can wheel from classroom to
classroom.
Source:
Grand Rapids Press, http://www.mlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-15/1087485592262460.xml?grpress?NEG
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Middleville: Thornapple Kellogg teachers have new
learning tool in the 'Palms' of their hands
Every
teacher at Page Elementary School received a Palm Pilot for
the summer. Last week, on their first day without students,
the teachers were in the classroom learning how to use the
hand-held gadgets. The school purchased 85 Palm Pilots and
55 keyboards, with 60 Palms and 30 keyboards available for
teachers to check out and use in classrooms throughout the
year. Fifth-grade teacher Curt Wissink said, 'We can use
these for writing assignments, math, English, whatever. We
can take these out in the habitat area and use them for
science experiments and information. It's phenomenal what
can be done...Paper and pencil won't go away here, but this
will be able to give another tool to the kids.'
Source:
Grand Rapids Press, http://www.mlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-15/1087485367262460.xml?grpress?NEG
JUNE
18 2004
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Flint: Local day care, learning center getting
digital upgrade
After
installations are complete next April, parents of children
at Childtime Learning Center, 900 Prospect St., will be able
to communicate online with their children or day care
providers, said Sharon Tse, marketing and public relations
developer for Childtime, one of the nation's leading child
care and preschool education services. Childtime is
investing in this technology to enable directors and staff
more time for attention, care and support of children and
families, said Bill Davis, Childtime president and CEO.
Childtime also plans to use the system to create new
electronic learning curriculum and applications, Tse said.
Source:
The Flint Journal, http://www.mlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/business-1/1087572018164320.xml?fljournal?BUGE
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Wayne County: Internet crime unit may end
The
Wayne County Internet Crime Unit may have made its last
arrest this month as county officials consider disbanding
the unit in a cost-cutting measure. The Internet unit, along
with all nonmandated units in the Wayne County Sheriff’s
Department, are on the line as a result of a recommended
budget from Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano.
Source:
Detroit News, http://www.detnews.com/2004/wayne/0406/18/b03-187583.htm
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