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Evolv Express [Photo: Evolv Technology]
FC Dallas Just Opened Its 2024 Season with AI- and Sensor-Based Security Screening Tech
by David Seeley | Feb 28, 2024
The next time you go to an FC Dallas MLS match, you won't get bottlenecked by a long line of fans waiting to empty their pockets at a metal detector. AI- and sensor fusion-based technology called Evolv Express now lets fans flow into each Toyota Stadium entrance "at pace."
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 28, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. 124 patents granted for Feb. 6 include: Allegro MicroSystems' rapid data transfer sensor arrays, ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems AB's vehicle guidance systems and associated methods of use at logistics yards and other locations, Avery Dennison Retail Information Services' RFID vial tracking with RFID inlay, Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft's computer vision system for object tracking and time-to-collision, Wells Fargo Bank's biometric electronic signature tokens, and an unassigned patent for facilitating pollution-free tire recycling processes..
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 27, 2024
Maryland-based Sylvan Learning's mission is to build academic confidence, ignite intellectual curiosity, and inspire a love for learning.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 27, 2024
Launched in 2021, ePicker has built a network of material-handling distributors that market its portfolio of electric pallet jacks, stackers, access vehicles, and lithium-ion-powered forklifts to customers across North America. Now it's set for a rebrand to benefit from its parent company's strong global brand reputation.
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Chicago Professional Services Firm Addison Group Opens Fort Worth Office
by Lance Murray | Feb 27, 2024
Addison Group, a growing provider of professional talent solutions and business consulting services, says the office will help meet Fort Worth’s growing need for a quality workforce—a need "largely driven by migration to the city's thriving business community and diverse economy."
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by David Seeley |
Feb 27, 2024
The 2024 Inc. 5000 Regionals: Southwest list features 162 companies from Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona. Plano-based StaffDNA ranked No. 1 overall with 6,868% growth from 2020 to 2022—and three other North Texas companies cracked the Top 10, too.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 27, 2024
Longtime Dallas entrepreneur George Brody has joined Turbostart as an investor and chairman of the board of TS Global, the company announced.
Turbostart, a global, sector-agnostic accelerator started by a group of industry professionals, is designed to support startups across various sectors....
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by David Seeley |
Feb 27, 2024
The downtown Dallas Public Library is the only public library in the state of Texas to offer a Patent and Trademark Resource Center from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. PTRCs are part of a national network of public, state, and academic libraries in partnership with the USPTO to offer trademark and patent assistance to the public.
The USPTO aims to empower innovation by expanding access—so it recently put out a call to 600 libraries and historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) around the country, inviting each institution to consider becoming PTRCs to assist their local innovators.
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Seven north Texas cities, including Allen, are among the Top 12 in the U.S. in projected job growth from 2023 to 2028, according to a new report from Money. [Photo: City of Allen]
Report: 7 North Texas Cities Among Top 12 in U.S. Primed for ‘Meteoric Job Growth’
by David Seeley | Feb 26, 2024
According to a new analysis of Moody’s Analytics research by Money.com, seven North Texas cities are "primed for meteoric job growth" from 2023 to 2028. Oh, and the Top 12 cities on the report's list? They're all in Texas.
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Feb 26, 2024
After buying Corner Bakery Cafe out of bankruptcy last June, Dallas-based SSCP Management began something of a muffin makeover—from bringing back the original logo to "back-to-basics" training to baking up new tech. "We're diving into data analytics tools headfirst," CEO Chris Dharod tells Dallas Innovates. Results are so promising, the company plans to add "five to seven new cafes" to its 100-plus lineup this year.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 26, 2024
The two Dallas-based brands have teamed up on a prize package for a unique total eclipse experience. Winners will stay in custom-designed guest rooms inspired by the celestial event and travel on a flight predicted to be in the direct path of the April 8 total solar eclipse.
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by David Seeley and Lance Murray |
Feb 26, 2024
The cities of Dallas, Irving, and Cedar Hill joined Dallas County among the 36 finalists for awards from IDC Government Insights. Locally honored initiatives include digital equity and public Wi-Fi programs, as well as a modern library in a park and a public health investigation system.
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HF Sinclair Corp. Adds Industry Veteran to Its Board of Directors
by Lance Murray | Feb 23, 2024
Jeanne M. Johns has been appointed as an independent director to the board of Dallas-based HF Sinclair Corp.
Her appointment increases the size of the board to 13 directors and increases the number of independent directors on the board from 10 to 11.
“Jeanne is an accomplished business leader; she brings strong executive and industry experience and expertise to the HF Sinclair Board....
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 23, 2024
Riley Goodman has been promoted to vice president of finance and information technology at Allen-based FTK Construction Services, a nationwide general contractor specializing in affordable housing and low-income housing tax credit projects.
FTK said that Goodman will oversee all financial operations for the company, along with all IT operations and systems for preconstruction, production, and administration....
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 23, 2024
Warren DeKinder has more than 30 years of leadership experience advising and recommending strategic investment solutions to some of the world’s largest and most sophisticated institutions and private clients, Star Mountain said.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 23, 2024
Dallas-based BBG has appointed financial services industry veteran Barrett Scruggs to the new position of chief revenue officer at the independent commercial real estate services firm and the industry’s first bundled service provider....
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