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When you hear the word “fiddler,” chances are you think of a folksy violinist or perhaps even a particular hit musical — not a domestic wind turbine invented by college students. But that’s the name of the device developed by SMU seniors Jonah Kirby, Brendan Celii, Luke Oglesbee, Cameron Buller, and Alec Siems.
Put a Fiddler on Your Roof
by Sarah Bennett | Mar 8, 2016
When you hear the word “fiddler,” chances are you think of a folksy violinist or perhaps even a particular hit musical — not a domestic wind turbine invented by college students. But that’s the name of the device developed by SMU seniors Jonah Kirby, Brendan Celii, Luke Oglesbee, Cameron Buller, and Alec Siems.
by Lance Murray |
Mar 8, 2016
Pay at the pump is nothing new, but on Tuesday ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) added Apple Pay to that phrase.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 4, 2016
AT&T Inc. has joined more than two dozen Internet and technology companies in filing legal briefs in support of Apple Inc. in its battle with the feds over encryption.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 3, 2016
Six Flags Entertainment Corp. and Samsung are teaming up to give riders on some of the company's rollercoasters a 3-D, virtual reality ride.
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Photo by Michael Samples.
DHD Films Takes Us High Above the Purple Skyline
by Lance Murray | Feb 29, 2016
Last Thursday night, the Dallas skyline glimmered in a beautiful purple hue as the city celebrated innovation for the launch of Dallas Innovates.
Our friends over at DHD Films of Dallas used the latest in drone technology and high-definition photography to create this beautiful video.
We hope you all got a chance to see the skyline that night....
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by Walter Bialas |
Feb 29, 2016
PricewaterhouseCoopers recently released its MoneyTree report detailing US venture capital (VC) funding for 2015.
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by Jana J. Pruet |
Feb 26, 2016
It's official. On Thursday night, hundreds gathered in downtown Dallas to help us celebrate the launch of Dallas Innovates, and, "Wow! It was truly a night to remember."
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Feb 26, 2016
To hear 21-year-old Param Jaggi speak, millennials are on a mission to save the world.
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In the early ‘90s, Texas Instruments Foundation had a problem. Simply put, the young children in their beneficiary Head Start programs weren’t ready for school. The kids didn’t perform well in kindergarten testing and showed a distinct lack of “academic readiness.”
LEAP Into School Rekindles Program’s Success
by Tara Nieuwesteeg | Feb 25, 2016
In the early ‘90s, Texas Instruments Foundation had a problem. Simply put, the young children in their beneficiary Head Start programs weren’t ready for school. The kids didn’t perform well in kindergarten testing and showed a distinct lack of “academic readiness.”
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by Jana J. Pruet |
Feb 25, 2016
Before we get to the purple skyline, we want to tell you what's been happening at Dallas Innovates since our website launched in December.
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by Patrick Kobler |
Feb 24, 2016
From Reunion Tower in Dallas, to AT&T stadium in Arlington, and on to the historic Fort Worth Stockyards, the people of DFW are generating a palpable energy.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 23, 2016
When the question is, “What’s in a name?” the answer can be unclear if the name is Tier One.
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Prestonwood Students Dig in the Dirt for STEM
Prestonwood Students Dig in the Dirt for STEM
by Sarah Bennett | Feb 16, 2016
When people think about STEM in schools (science, technology, engineering, and math), most think of a laboratory setting. That’s not the case for Prestonwood Christian Academy’s new STEM garden, which opened on February 9.
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by Sandra Chapman |
Feb 16, 2016
The pursuit of lasting brain health is one of the most exciting and urgent challenges facing humanity. Brain health among military service members is being called into question. Advanced reasoning skills in American students are falling behind those of other developed countries. Depression is estimated to cause 200 million lost workdays each year at a cost of $17 to $44 billion to employers....
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by Patrick Kobler |
Feb 11, 2016
The living roof project is a solution, providing McKinney Boyd’s engineering club the opportunity for a hands on approach to learning –- one that puts classroom concepts into engaged learning with the community. The project has also given the young scholars exposure to professional engineers and paved inroads to future careers in the STEM fields.
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by Melanie Ferguson |
Feb 10, 2016
Written in 1985, the essays in "Imagining Dallas" evoked images of the city’s formation and evolution, its good ol’ myths as well as possible futures for the ever-aspirational Dallas, Texas. Leaders from a variety of disciplines, including Wick Allison, James Pratt, Robert Sardello, and Dr. Gail Thomas, contributed to the thoughtful book but it is the great educator Dr. Louise Cowan’s chapter that informed my perception of Dallas with a new civic sense of education and responsibility.
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