Videos

Quantum Signal

By: Keith Jefferies, 5/14/2008

Pound for pound, Ann Arbor-based Quantum Signal is tops for cool-geek technology. From video gaming to controls for unmanned aerial drones to camouflage detection and recognition, the company sees a world of possibilities for its core technologies. They've got their virtual mitts in military applications, industrial robotics and computer gaming, blurring the line between armchair warriors and real world applications

Ann Arbor

CEOs For Cities: "Ann Arbor meet Detroit."

By: Tom Hendrickson, 5/7/2008

What makes a city successful? Concentrate's sister publication, Model D, takes over the Detroit Yacht Club from time to time to host its thought leader speaker series. Guest Carol Coletta of CEOs For Cities talks about investing in an Ann Arbor - Detroit partnership as an integral part of transforming southeast Michigan's economy and culture.

Regionalism , Transportation

Ann Arbor

A3C Goes Green

By: Keith Jefferies, 4/30/2008

Retrofitting an 80 year-old downtown building with cutting edge green technologies is no easy task. But when your architecture firm is renown for its sustainable designs it makes sense to walk the talk. Metromode takes a tour of A3C's (Ann Arbor Architects Collaborative) ambitious eco-sensitive renovation.

Architecture , Downtown Living , Green Building , Redevelopment , Sustainability

Ann Arbor

Quack!

By: Keith Jefferies, 4/23/2008

Robots. Dragons. Record label. Quack! Media tossed out the rule book for selling music, books and videos to create an alternative media empire in downtown Ann Arbor. From irreverant educational videos to hip coffee table mags, they create high-tech, handmade quality entertainment.

Entrepreneurship , Film & Video , Internet , Music , New Media

Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor's Foodie Nation

By: Tom Hendrickson, 4/9/2008

La Rochefoucauld once said, "To eat is a necessity, to eat intelligently is an art." Leave it to a university town to embrace the genius of food. From Zingerman's to Eve, Durham's smoked fish to Morgan & York's artisanal cheeses, the farmer's market to Main Street's restaurant row, just thinking about Ann Arbor and is enough to make your mouth water.

Identity , Quality Of Life

Ann Arbor

Menlo Innovations

By: Tom Hendrickson, 4/2/2008

Not just creators of killer applications, these Ann Arbor software designers are compassionate high-tech anthropologists committed to ending technologically-induced human suffering.

Software Design

Ann Arbor

The Ann Arbor Film Fest

By: Keith Jefferies, 3/26/2008

After 46 years it comes to this: a guest appearance by Larry Flynt, an ACLU law suit and woodland animals getting creamed by roller derby girls. Still, the Ann Arbor Film Festival has never taken its eye off the ball. Mark our words, this year marks a new era for the festival Variety Magazine called "One of our 10 favorites in the world." It's got an ambitious new director, new vitality and a program that'll blow your mind.

Arts & Culture , Film & Video , Identity

Ann Arbor

The Shadow Art Fair

By: Tom Hendrickson, 3/18/2008

It's all good when some of Ypsi's finest get together. Here we have handmade beer and handmade art and cool goodies at the twice annual Shadow Art Fair in Ypsilanti. The video also features music by Zoos of Berlin.

Arts & Culture , Talent

Ypsilanti

ForeSee Results

By: Tom Hendrickson, 10/18/2007

What encourages a customer to buy instead of just browse? How do you keep buyers coming back? For some, customer satisfaction is the riddle of the Sphinx. For the gurus at ForeSee Results, it's an opportunity to understand the wants, needs and habits of online shoppers.

Internet

Ann Arbor

Xoran Technologies

By: Tom Hendrickson, 6/7/2007

Xoran Technologies is on a mission to cut healthcare costs through efficiency and innovation. It's been a winning strategy for both the company and Ann Arbor's growing life sciences industry

Biotechnology

Ann Arbor