Research and Innovation

Little life science businesses can rent a bench at SMIC

Kathy Jennings Thursday, November 15, 2012

Because you never know when the next big thing will grow from someone's little idea there is a new wet lab at the Southwest Michigan Innovation Center. Kathy Jennings visited the new core lab and has this report.

Forensic Fluids Laboratories poised for continued expansion

Kathy Jennings Thursday, November 01, 2012

When it comes to drug testing Bridget Lorenz Lemberg believes oral fluids is the future. But who needs to wait for the future? Kalamazoo-based Forensic Fluids Laboratories is ready to do those tests today. Kathy Jennings reports.

Business evolution: From incubation to visibility

Walter Wasacz Thursday, September 27, 2012

So what happens to startups and other small enterprises after they're fully baked in an entrepreneurial incubator? That's what we set out to find in this special report from three Michigan cities - Detroit, Lansing and Kalamazoo.

Talking beds help caregivers talk the talk and walk the walk

Amie Heasley Thursday, September 20, 2012

Imagine a bed that talks and soothes with music and other restful sounds. Well, they did at Stryker and now 30 of the talking beds are in use at Borgess Medical Center. Amie Heasley has the story.

PharmOptima explores new directions, keeps growing

Kathy Jennings Thursday, September 20, 2012

Great places to work and play are what makes communities places where people want to live. In Portage, they have both in abundance. Kathy Jennings offers a look at an employer that's keeping the community vital: PharmOptima.

Solar racers show off their expertise on stop in Kalamazoo

Erik Holladay Thursday, July 19, 2012

Solar cars made their way through downtown Kalamazoo as the American Solar Challenge came to town this week. Check out Erik Holladay's slide show.

Doctor, serial entrepreneur, finds better ways to help patients

Howard Lovy Thursday, May 03, 2012

If you can envision a solution where others see a problem, you might have the makings of an innovator. So far, that's how it's worked for Dr. Tim Fischell, one of a family of doctors who make devices that help patients live longer. Howard Lovy reports.

Taking more than time to heal all wounds

Amie Heasley Thursday, January 26, 2012

As diabetes, and the associated chronic wounds, become an increasingly serious problem for the nation, doctors are seeking out new therapies. That's where the Borgess Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Center comes in. Amie Heasley talks to those helping patients with the latest in wound care for those patients and others with wounds that don't heal.

Makerspace: A place to learn and build skills, friendships

Kathy Jennings Thursday, November 17, 2011

Whether you call it a hackerspace or a makerspace it's a space that fosters creativity. A new group has formed to turn a warehouse in the Edison Neighborhood into a place to learn new skills and teach those you know to others.

Dear tech entrepreneur: Welcome to Southwest Michigan

Kathy Jennings Thursday, November 03, 2011

What would it take to make Southwest Michigan a place that young tech entrepreneurs would want to locate? Some local officials and friends tell Second Wave's Kathy Jennings they are working on creating the right environment to lure the entrepreneurs home.

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The Solar Project

Jordan Hochstetler of Joho Productions Thursday, April 29, 2010

The largest solar array in Michigan sits in a field in Charleston Township, the result of a DIY project by a father and son and business partner team, whose company, Kalamazoo Solar LLC, sells the power back to Consumers Energy. But their ultimate goal is to manufacture complete solar arrays in Michigan--at a price individual consumers can afford.

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