Month: September 2019

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Dallas Invents: 133 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 17

by | Sep 25, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Alcatel Lucent's driver behavior monitoring systems, Biological Innovation and Optimization Systems' bio-dimming lighting, CTL Medical Corporation's biomedical implants, Focal Therapeutics's implantable tissue marker device, GF-17's method for creating and sharing bots, Sprinkl.IO's remote wireless moisture sensors for irrigation, Texas Instrument's error-correcting analog-to-digital converters, and Victor Equipment Company's automated gas cutting system.
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Poo~Pourri and Hotels.com Put New Couples at Ease in a Cheeky Co-Branded Campaign
by | Sep 24, 2019
The infamous Poo~Pourri girl and Hotels.com’s Captain Obvious team up for #FirstPooWithBoo to address an important issue for new couples: bathroom use on their first overnight trip together.
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DI People: Cyber Group, Apex Clearing, and Brinker International Make Leadership Announcements
by | Sep 24, 2019
In this weekly roundup of executive and leadership moves by companies and organizations in North Texas, you’ll also find news from European Wax Center, MedCore Partners, Kimberly-Clark, Medecision, and SMU.
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Eosera Doubles its Fort Worth Manufacturing and Warehouse Space to Fill a Growing Demand
by | Sep 24, 2019
The majority woman-owned biotech company is moving into a 10,000-square-foot space that supports its in-house manufacturing needs. Eosera has also added two more ear care products to its line, which are sold in more than 13,000 stores across the U.S.
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Burns & McDonnell Meets Growth Needs With Fort Worth Office Expansion

by | Sep 24, 2019
The 100-percent employee-owned engineering, architecture, and construction firm said it has grown by 20 percent in North Texas this year.
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Matt Alexander speaking at the RevTech annual event in 2019: Tech Trends in Retail. The event was held in Plano, Texas at Neighborhood Goods.
RevTech’s 12th Semi-Annual Event Talks Emerging Retail and the Tech Behind It
by | Sep 23, 2019
“I think we in the retail industry are guilty often of not necessarily asking the question of 'Why would I deploy this technology?'" Neighborhood Goods' Matt Alexander said during the event's fireside chat.
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AT&T Backs ScholarShot’s Education Initiative with $100K Contribution
by | Sep 23, 2019
ScholarShot works to help at-risk students complete vocational, associate, and graduate degrees and move out of poverty.
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Report: Perryman on (Traffic) Congestion
by | Sep 23, 2019
The costs are enormous—to the tune of $166B—according to M. Ray Perryman and a new Urban Mobility Report by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. Sitting in traffic costs Americans wasted hours (8.8 billion) and fuel (3.3 billion). Here's where we rank in Texas, and what we might do about it. The costs are enormous—to the tune of $166B—according to M. Ray Perryman and a new Urban Mobility Report by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. Sitting in traffic costs Americans wasted hours (8.8 billion) and fuel (3.3 billion).

Here's where we rank in Texas, and what we might do about it.
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MacFarlane to Lead SMU’s Hart Institute for Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

by | Sep 23, 2019
The institute combines the resources, expertise, and guidance of the Lyle School of Engineering and the Cox School of Business to develop technology prototypes and viable business plans.
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Speak4america will be held Oct. 5, 2019 at VolunteerNow.
Speak4America: Competition Lets Students Use Their Voices to Inspire Volunteerism
by | Sep 23, 2019
Speak4America declares itself a "student-led movement." Spearheaded by Luke Blazek, a senior at Cambridge School of Dallas, the speech competition is hosted by tech-based nonprofit VolunteerNow.
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The ‘Only Female Black-Owned Coworking Space in Texas’ is in Dallas, and It’s Expanding
by | Sep 20, 2019
Located in Addison, Business Lounge Dallas focuses on one-to-one business growth for entrepreneurs of color.
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Cruise for Soapbox Supremacy When the Red Bull Race Comes to Dallas
by | Sep 20, 2019
The Red Bull Soapbox Race will cruise into Dallas-Fort Worth next week (for the first time since 2012). Gearheads have been planning, plotting, and building their gravity-powered creations for months.

The more outrageous, the better.
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Discovery: UTA Prof Battles Malware With Hardware; E-Cigarette Injuries Possibly Underreported

by | Sep 20, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you'll also find news about a UT Southwestern study on how exercise may slow brain deterioration for those at risk of Alzheimer's disease.
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New Omnitracs Exec Takes the Wheel of its Data, AI, and Machine Learning Operations
by | Sep 19, 2019
Ashim Bose has a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence and says that digital transformation is rapidly reshaping the transportation industry.
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Ericsson Picks Lewisville for $134M Smart Factory of the Future to Accelerate 5G
by | Sep 19, 2019
Products made at the new facility—which begins operations early next year—will boost network capacity and coverage to meet the demand for rapid 5G deployment across North America.
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Follow the Money: Tailwater Capital Commits $150M, Morningstar Raises $16M, Elbit Makes Acquisition
by | Sep 19, 2019
In this weekly roundup of investment, merger, and acquisition activity involving North Texas businesses, you’ll also find news from Body Machine Fitness, Align Capital Partners, RKD Group, BenefitMall, All Commercial Floors, Holland Marble Group, Crossplane Capital, and Elite FPS.
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