COLLIN COLLEGE, TWU TEAM FOR CULINOLOGY PROGRAM; TOYOTA IN TALKS TO BUY ROBOTICS COMPANIES; DALLAS MOVES UP IN SMART CITY RANKINGS
Every day Dallas Innovates staffers scour websites looking for the most interesting, important, and unusual stories about innovation and creativity. Here are three we thought you’d like:
Collin College announced this week that it is partnering with Texas Woman’s University on a new agreement for students to transfer into TWU’s Culinology program, which is the first degree program in the state to meld culinary arts and food science. The transfer agreement allows students who graduate from Collin College with an associate of applied science in culinary arts degree to continue their studies in TWU’s Culinology program. More about this agreement can be found here.
Toyota Motor Corp. might soon acquire two Alphabet-owned robotics companies named Boston Dynamics and Schaft. If the purchase is made, it will ramp up Toyota’s robotics division, which already has nursing care and medical robots in development. The Toyota Research Institute, which was launched in January, has a $1 billion budget for research and development for the next five years. The Dallas Business Journal has more about the possible purchase.
According to the Global Cities Outlook on the 2016 A.T. Kearney Global Cities Index, Dallas has moved up nine spots to No. 20 in ranking of cities based on personal well-being, economics, innovation, and governance. The A.T. Kearney rankings are meant to show growth of cities around the world and forecast what cities will be “smart” cities of the future. Read more about the index and see where other cities ranked.
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The inaugural October 8th Texas Blockchain Summit could be a watershed event for making Texas "the jurisdiction of choice" for Bitcoin and other digital currencies. Lee Bratcher, president of the Texas Blockchain Council, will host a wide array of speakers including Texas Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz and Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis.
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Nonprofit BUiLT is hosting the event to highlight the success and possibilities of Black tech talent in the region. “There is no talent pipeline problem,” says Peter Beasley, co-founder of the Blacks United in Leading Technology International. “Black tech talent is widely available, especially in North Texas.”
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The NTXIA is a founding member of the new National Smart Coalitions Partnership, now one of the largest smart cities networks in the country. The organization unites more than 100 governments across seven regional smart cities consortiums. The goal? To accelerate sustainability and resilience in communities.
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The U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, which passed in May, has the power to develop 20 tech hubs throughout the United States. According to Tech Titans' CEO Bill Sproull, Dallas-Fort Worth could be a strong contender for one of those spots.
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$550 billion in new infrastructure spending is coming to projects nationwide—and a big slice is bound for Texas. From new electric buses to rail projects to improved power infrastructure to lead water service line removal and more, Texas' environment may be one of the biggest beneficiaries of all. AECOM CEO Troy Rudd says the bill will help support critically needed innovation and sustainable solutions projects.
