Month: September 2019

Japanese Mobility Supplier DENSO Opens $1.3M R&D Center in Plano

by | Sep 18, 2019
DENSO's Texas Innovation and Connected Service Center—strategically located near longtime partner Toyota North America—will become part of the company’s larger global R&D network and help advance its work in mobility and autonomous vehicles.
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Look Inside: Common Desk Moves its Headquarters to West End’s Innovation District
Common Desk announced late last year that it was opening its sixth location at Factory SixO3. Now, it's the coworking company's new headquarters, where it's moved with 49 employees.
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Take a Joyage: New App Addresses the Mental Well-Being of Employees
by | Sep 18, 2019
Through a partnership with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, ACAP HealthWorks is offering nine video lessons designed for people struggling with mental health and for the people who are helping them.
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Dallas Invents: 132 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 10
by | Sep 18, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: American Security Product's physical article exchange using a safe, Armor Defense's detection of malicious instructions in a virtual machine memory, BLIVIC's needle for a bloodless intravenous catheter system, Capital One Services' visualization of vehicle condition using extended reality, Yeshvik Solutions' parking system, and Futurewei's device for providing a key for IoT communication.
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SMU Names Fall 2019 Designer-in-Residence for Master of Arts in Design and Innovation Program

by | Sep 17, 2019
Jennifer Abernathy is the director of Innovation Research and Design at Health Care Services Corp. She brings experience in product development, design thinking, brand strategy, and user and trend research to her new role.
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Inside Dallas-based Pairr, the ‘Dating App for Brands’ That Directly Connects Consumers With Companies
by | Sep 17, 2019
Pairr, the "first live experience platform," partners with big brands (like Red Bull and Neiman Marcus) to match users with tailored, invitation-only events. But, this week, Pairr is cheers-ing to an event of its own: its first birthday.
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(Everyone’s Favorite) Science Guy Bill Nye and Futurist Entrepreneur Ben Lamm on Space, Tech, and Opportunity
by | Sep 17, 2019
"You're going to see more and more software players enter space," Hypergiant CEO Lamm said at Venture Dallas. Here are top takeaways from two big thinkers who have their heads way beyond the clouds.
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Hypergiant’s Algae-Based Carbon Capture Solution Could Be ‘400 Times More Effective Than Trees’
by | Sep 17, 2019
The device, called the Eos Bioreactor, is one of the company’s initial efforts focused on fixing the planet’s environment problems. It captures and stores carbon from the atmosphere.
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Sherwin-Williams is Searching for a New Global HQ and R&D Location. Dallas-Fort Worth Might be a Contender

by | Sep 16, 2019
The company could leave Cleveland as it explores options to accelerate productivity and efficiency, enhance technology and innovation, enable greater collaboration, and support recruitment and retention.
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McKinney Game Competition Platform Joins Newchip Startup Accelerator Cohort
by | Sep 16, 2019
De’ Lamar Technologies has been accepted into a new equity-free online accelerator that connects to an investment platform. Austin's Newchip lets individuals "invest like a VC" via its online marketplace.
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North Texas Scientists Aim to Win a $50M (and Climbing) War on the Roses
by | Sep 14, 2019
A virus called Rose Rosette is wreaking havoc for the horticulture industry. Thanks to virus cloning, a team of scientists may have a solution.
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Venture Dallas: Big-Name Speakers Talk Tech, Funding, and Growth in Dallas-Fort Worth
Read about what you may have missed from panels and individual presentations.
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Venture Dallas: Emmitt Smith on Why Retirement is Overrated, Off-Season is Key, and DFW is the ‘Center of the Universe’

Here's how one man rose from hardscrabble beginnings to build a career in sports and real estate.
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Tech Disruptors Are Already Delivering Changes to the Supply Chain, C&W Report Says
by | Sep 13, 2019
In a new report, Cushman & Wakefield noted that technology is affecting supply chain real estate via drones, robots, 3D printing, and autonomous trucks.
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Discovery: SMU and UTSW Figure Out How Birds Migrate at Night, Scientists Find Possible Polycystic Kidney Disease Drug
by | Sep 13, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you’ll also read about how an SMU professor and students from Garland High School are using smartphone data to monitor a local bridge’s health.
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Venture Dallas: A Look at the Industries Dallas-Fort Worth May Dominate Down the Road
by | Sep 12, 2019
Entrepreneurs and investors at the Venture Dallas conference this week painted pictures of four fields with which this region may be synonymous one day. Video games are involved.
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