Howard Lovy
Howard Lovy is a veteran journalist who has focused primarily on technology, science and innovation during the past decade.
In 2001, he helped launch Small Times Magazine, a nanotech publication based in Ann Arbor, MI, where he built the freelance team and worked closely with writers to set the tone and style for an emerging sector that had never before been covered from a business perspective. Lovy's work at Small Times, and on one of the first nanotechnology-themed blogs, helped him earn a reputation for making complex subjects understandable, interesting, and even entertaining for a broad audience. It also earned him the 2004 Prize in Communication from the Foresight Institute, a nanotech think tank.
In his freelance work, Lovy covers nanotechnology in addition to technological innovation in Michigan with an emphasis on efforts to survive and retool in the state's post-automotive age. Lovy's work has appeared in many publications, including Wired News, Salon.com, the Wall Street Journal, The Detroit News, The Scientist, the Forbes/Wolfe Nanotech Report, Michigan Messenger, and the Ann Arbor Chronicle.
Recent posts
Deep in the wild, frozen woodlands of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, it seems that even the scientists are a different, heartier breed of human. A few years ago, Seth Donahue, an... Read more »
Lauren Flanagan believes that “making money is beautiful.” This is not to be confused with the “greed is good” adage of the famous fictional Gordon Gekko. No, what Flanagan is referring... Read more »
The state of Michigan has launched a new $120-million venture capital pool that will invest in seed and early-stage venture capital funds that in turn invest in high-tech companies in the... Read more »
As if to place an exclamation point on the electrification of the auto industry, the Chevy Volt was named the North American Car of the Year yesterday at the 2011 North... Read more »
General Motors is not only an investor in wireless charging startup Powermat, it will also be its exclusive automotive customer for a year. GM Ventures, the Detroit automaker’s venture capital arm,... Read more »
Adaptive Materials, an Ann Arbor, MI-based developer of solid oxide fuel cells for use by the military and in recreational vehicles, has been acquired by UK-based Ultra Electronics Holdings. Adaptive Materials... Read more »
Aursos, a Kalamazoo, MI, company that uses a protein found in black bears to try to prevent bone loss in people who suffer from osteoporosis, has raised $40,000 toward a $230,000... Read more »
When Xconomy Detroit launched in April 2010, I wrote that this city is a verb, in a constant state of action, of “becoming,” of striving for something greater. Having lived... Read more »
Ken Rogers, executive director of Automation Alley, the Troy, MI-based technology business association, has been appointed to a trade advisory panel by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke. Automation Alley, in... Read more »
Blue Spark Technologies, a Westlake, OH-based company that makes printed batteries for flexible electronics, among other applications, has raised an additional $5 million in B-round funds from non-institutional investors, VentureWire... Read more »
If you’ve ever taken a bus … anywhere … then you know all about an unwritten Law of Motion that goes something like this: A body that arrives at a bus... Read more »
Ann Arbor SPARK, a Michigan regional business incubator, has appointed Skip Simms interim president and CEO, replacing Michael Finney, who was named today as the new director of the Michigan Economic... Read more »
Aastrom Biosciences, an Ann Arbor, MI-based biotech company developing experimental adult stem cell therapy, announced this morning a $22.5 million public offering at a purchase price of $2.25 per unit. Aastrom... Read more »
Three Michigan companies have received a combined total of $145,000 through the Michigan Microloan Fund Program, managed by the Ann Arbor Spark business incubator, bringing the total amount invested through the... Read more »
Michigan’s angel, venture capital and entrepreneur communities are hailing this week’s passage by the state Legislature of tax breaks for angel investors. The bill, passed by both houses and expected to... Read more »
When Mobile Sign Language Systems won an Ann Arbor Spark business plan competition last summer, and as a result got incubator space and other services, the University of Michigan-spawned startup was... Read more »
Ambiq Micro, an Ann Arbor, MI, startup developing low-power microcontrollers for smart credit cards and ultralong-life sensors for homes and buildings, is moving out of its lab space at the University... Read more »
Michigan Governor-elect Rick Snyder has chosen Ann Arbor SPARK CEO Michael Finney to lead the economic strategy for his transition team. AnnArbor.com is reporting on speculation that Finney might also become... Read more »
Ambiq Micro, an Ann Arbor, MI, startup developing low-power microcontrollers for smart credit cards and ultralong-life sensors for homes and buildings, has attracted $2.4 million in seed funding, the company announced... Read more »
Mark Sendo of Ann Arbor, MI, is not into reality. Oh, the founder and CEO of BodegaBid says he briefly tried reality last spring, when his company partnered with a Seattle... Read more »
