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Ford announced this week it's joining forces with four tech companies and doubling its staff in Silicon Valley. Their goal is to put a fully self...
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The Next Idea For a child on the autism spectrum, there can be challenges to learning and engaging with the world. Our latest contributors to The Next...
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The Next Idea What is the mental fuel for innovation? What internal power plant do we tap into? Creativity. It drives innovation, collaboration, and in...
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The Next Idea Six presidential campaigns later I’ve still got Bill Clinton’s iconic 1992 slogan running through my head: It’s the economy, stupid. But...
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The Next Idea If everyone knows of 20th century Detroit as the Motor City, what's Detroit's identity today and what should it be for the future? Every...
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The Next Idea“I would love to see a renaissance in innovation here in the state of Michigan” Those are the words of Jeff DeGraff, a professor at the...
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The Next Idea Homelessness is a complex problem with no one easy solution. In Michigan, the needs are enormous. People experiencing homelessness see our...
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The Next Idea Reducing dependence on fossil fuels through alternative energy may seem like an expensive goal, especially in an era when even traditional...
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The Next Idea Business, political and media elites are increasingly advising kids not to pursue four-year degrees. The conventional wisdom is that unles...
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The Next Idea When most people think of university researchers, they think of scientists. They imagine people wearing white coats and plastic goggles,...