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Great Lakes IT Report
Recent Episodes
GLITR-07/02
More local Doctors are friending themselves onto a very special network.
GLITR-07/01
A new place for really bright tech ideas to grow for free.
GLITR-06/30
Michigan's biggest chemical company tries to brew pond scum into car fuel.
Michigan Energy Fair - Part 2 06/29
Matt talks solar at the fourth annual Michigan Energy Fair at the Manistee County Fairgrounds in Onekama.
Michigan Energy Fair - Part 1 06/29
Matt talks to Samantha Keeney, program manager for the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association, at GLREA's Fourth Annual Michigan Energy Fair at the Manistee County Fairgrounds in Onekama, in beautiful northwest lower Michigan.
Great Lakes IT Report 06/29
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
GLITR-06/25
A thumb area land rush is loomiing among wind farmers.
GLITR-06/24
A local web company will find you cheap pills...fast.
GLITR-06/23
Metro Detroit's "green power express" amps-up.
TieCon2009 Conference 6/22
WWJ's Tech Editor Matt Roush interviews Tel Ganesan of TIE, The Indus Entrepreneurs, on their conference coming up in October.
GLITR-06/22
Uncle Sam gives money to Oakland University's smartest radio-heads.
Great Lakes IT Report 06/19
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 6/18
All the tech news you can assimilate from WWJ's Matt Roush.
Great Lakes IT Report 06/17
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 06/16
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 06/15
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 06/12
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
GLITR-06/10
Eastern Michigan University launches a brand new crime reporting website.
GLITR-06/08
Something new at the University of Michigan to help Michigan companies...The Green and White at Michigan State going green for business.
Great Lakes IT Report 06/05
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
GLITR-06/04
Visit a pair of local tech shows.
Great Lakes IT Report 06/03
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 06/02
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 06/01
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 05/29
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 05/28
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 05/27
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 05/26
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
The Great Lakes IT Report 05/21
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 05/20
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
The Great Lakes IT Report 05/19
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 05/18
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
New Computer Store Opens 5/16/09
WWJ’s Tech Editor Matt Roush talks with Gene Thomas from Computer Direct at the grand opening of the new store in Madison Heights.
Great Lakes IT Report 05/15
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
The Great Lakes IT Report 05/14
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
GLITR-05/13
The Tech Tour finds promising embers among the ashes of Flint's old industrial economy.
Great Lakes IT Report 05/12
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 5/11
Where in the state is intrepid Matt Roush as he continues his Spring Tech Tour?
Great Lakes IT Report 5/8
Today Matt Roush reports from the beautiful Lake Michigan shoreline on his Spring Tech Tour.
Great Lake IT Report 05/07
Out and about on his annual tech tour, today from the far reaches of Kalamazoo, Matt Roush is unrelenting is his quest to keep up to date on the latest techno-babble.
Great Lakes IT Report 5/6
Out and about on his annual tech tour, today from the far reaches of Kalamazoo, Matt Roush is unrelenting is his quest to keep up to date on the latest techno-babble.
GLITR-05/05
A Michigan company expands its capability to keep your next meal from becoming a "last supper".
GLITR 05/04
Michigan should create a mini-state where the old rules don't apply to new business.
Great Lakes IT Report 5/1/09
The latest breaking tech news from WWJ's Matt Roush.
Great Lakes IT Report 04/30
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
GLITR-04/29
Roll past gas station after gas station in the new Ford that gets 81 miles per gallon.
The Great Lakes IT Report 04/28
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
GLITR-04/27
Michigan's "greenest teen" is still helping the environment as he pushes 30.
Great Lakes IT Report 04/24
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Long Lasting Bridges 04/23
WWJ's Matt Roush talks with Lawrence Tech President Lewis Walker about a box-beam bridge test.
Great Lakes IT Report 04/23
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 04/22
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
The Great Lakes IT Report 04/21
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 4/20
Michigan did very well in competition over the weekend, the robotics competition that is.
The Great Lakes IT Report 04/17
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
The Great Lakes IT Report 04/16
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
The Great Lakes IT Report 04/15
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
GLITR-04/14
The 100 MPG Hummer is on its way to the Motor City next week.
The Great Lakes IT Report 04/13
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 4/10
News of technological innovation throughout the Great Lakes area.
Great Lakes IT Report 4/9
Among other topics, Matt Roush introduces a web new site sure to be delight for all automotive afficianados.
The Great Lakes IT Report 04/08
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report-4/7
Technology Editor for WWJ Matt Roush talks about a College Tech weekend.
The Great Lakes IT Report 04/06
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
The Great Lakes IT Report 04/03
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 04/02
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report - Comcast 04/01
Matt talks to Bill Stemper, president of Comcast Business Services at the company's headquarters in Philadelphia, and Michael Cebulski, vice president for business services of the Michigan Region at Comcast.
The Great Lakes IT Report 04/01
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 03/30
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
The Great Lakes IT Report 03/27
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
The Great Lakes IT Report 03/26
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 3/25
Hillsdale is one of the topics of today's program and how they are utilizing fiber optics for ultra speed internet.
The Great Lakes IT Report 03/24
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
The Great Lakes IT Report 03/23
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 3/20
The latest in tech news throughout the Great Lakes area courtesy of WWJ's Matt Roush.
The Great Lakes IT Report 03/19
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report-3/18
More tech jobs coming up and no more gray hair with Matt Roush, WWJ's Technology Editor.
Great Lakes IT Report-3/17
WWJ's Technology Editor Matt Roush says the solar energy business may face lay-offs and a Wayne State Prof. gets a Surveilance Grant.
Great Lakes IT Report 03/16
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 03/13
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 03/12
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 03/10
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 03/09
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
GLITR-03/05
Forecasts of big windmills in the Great Lakes and mini-molecules in a local university's experimental lab.
Wind Energy Conference Part 4 03/04
Mike Hess, co-founder and CEO of Mariah Power, which hopes to put 120 people to work by the end of the year in the Manistee area, building the company's unique vertical-axis wind generators
Wind Energy Conference Part 3 03/04
Peter Klein, associate dean at Macomb Community College, said he's talking with the industry in an attempt to tailor the school's renewable energy classes to meet industry needs. Every renewable class the school adds quickly fills up, he said.
Wind Energy Conference Part 2 03/04
Bob Brown of Martin-based Bauer Power Inc. showed off a seven-foot circular wind turbine that generates 1,200 watts, intended for rooftop installation on commerical and industrial buildings.
Wind Energy Conference Part 1 03/04
Tim Krauss of Fraser's Enmark Tool & Gage Co. Inc. told me he was at the conference looking for work for his company building components for wind generators. A machined part is a machined part, after all.
Great Lakes IT Report 3/4
There is nothing breezy about the Wind Energy Conference at Cobo Hall.
Michigan Wind Energy Conference 3/3
WWJ's Matt Roush interviews Jennifer Alvarez, Exec. Director of the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association, about the Michigan Wind Energy Conference, expected to draw 1,300 to Detroit's Cobo Center.
Great Lakes IT Report 03/03
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report 03/02
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
GLITR-2/27
WWJ's Technology Editor Matt Roush has the latest on the the stimulus package, better sound through software and an advance in bus technology.
GLITR-2/26
There is nothing breezy about this report on wind turbines and other Michigan energy matters from WWJ's Matt Roush.
GLITR-2/25
All the tech news you can assimilate from WWJ's Tech Editor Matt Roush.
GLITR 2/24
A plethora of Great Lakes Tech news from WWJ's Matt Roush.
Great Lakes IT Report 02/23
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush looks at technology trends across the state.
Great Lakes IT Report-2/20
Not a nano-byte of information slips by WWJ's Tech Editor Matt Roush when it comes to technology in the Great Lakes area.
Great Lakes IT Report 2/19
The latest area tech news from WWJ's Matt Roush.
Great Lakes IT Report 02/18
Hundreds of new high-tech jobs and millions of dollars in new investment in Michigan.
Great Lakes IT Report Podcast
WWJ Technology Editor Matt Roush with the latest on innovation in Michigan.
 
 
 
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