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A Flint, MI university turned vacant land into autonomous vehicle proving grounds
Kettering University unveiled this week an automotive proving grounds in a bid to lure companies and students to the Flint, MI area. The test track is on the school’s grounds, housed on land that once contained a massive General Motors’ manufacturing facility that was torn down and left abandoned. The Kettering University GM Mobility Research Center (or MRC) features outdoor lab… Read More
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Google.org announces $250,000 in grants for the Flint, Michigan water crisis
Google’s charitable arm is today announcing several grants and donations aimed at helping the residents of Flint, Michigan respond to their ongoing water crisis. With a total amount of $250,000, the funds will be used to pay several local researchers and address health concerns connected with drinking the poisoned water. The cash won’t solve the crisis. The city and state estimate… Read More
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To Prevent Another Flint, Make All Open Data Machine Readable
The lead poisoning of the entire city of Flint, Michigan was preventable and should never have happened. Numerous pundits and industry experts have said this. Most of them, however, explain that if government had functioned properly, the environmental agencies would have properly communicated to their higher-ups and the problem would have been spotted much sooner. Those with a more cynical… Read More
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Stop Throwing Tech At Flint. It Won’t Help.
I advise a lot of water tech entrepreneurs because I’m a masochist and because water tech is my first love. Recently, a lot of them are coming back to me with the Flint Water Crisis front and center in their pitch decks. So are a bunch of new water startups, all touting filters, sensors, or some gadget promising to solve the current emergency and prevent others like it from happening. Guys. Read More
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Toxic Water, Toxic City
The water in Flint is toxic. The state of Michigan inadvertently poisoned the city’s well, and it will take years to flush the system. And that might not be the worst part. The state has yet to reveal how it will repair Flint’s image. Read More
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Mobile Payments Startup Flint Raises $6M Series B Led By Digicel Group
Mobile payments startup Flint has been keeping a low profile for much of this year, but it’s looking that quiet period is finally over. The company just recently launched support for Android in a bid to widen its reach, and today the startup has confirmed that its raised a $6 million Series B round led by Digicel Group that SVG Partners, Storm Ventures, and True Ventures also… Read More
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Flint Exits Beta To Take On Square With Its Camera-Based Mobile Payment App
Flint, a small business-focused mobile payment app that does away with dongles and NFC and instead uses the camera on a phone to “scan” a card’s numbers, has come out of beta. The iOS 6/ iPhone 5-compatible app is now available to download in the U.S. App Store. In development for the last 18 months, Flint first launched as an invite-only service in May 2012, at the same… Read More
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Flint, MI's biogas facility gets city approval; construction to begin soon
Quick note for those four of you that are interested in the future of Flint, MI’s biogas facility: It has a green light. The city council voted 6-1 last night, paving the way for America’s first human waste to biogas facility. Eventually, the plant might produce biomethane, which could be used to fuel municipal vehicles such as city buses. The best part, for the Flint at least… Read More
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Flint, MI will hopefully soon get its own biogas facility
There isn’t a spot in the country that has been harder hit by the financial meltdown than Flint, MI. Forbes recently labeled Flint as the city that has the longest road to recovery too. It’s bad in the birthplace of General Motors and the financial climate is bad there right now – really bad. I know this first hand. That’s where I live. But the city might soon lead… Read More
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