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U.S. Patent No. 11,505,892 (Appliance monitoring sensors) was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
Dallas Invents: 135 Patents Granted for Week of November 22
by Quincy Preston | Dec 21, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Aon Risk Services' digital property collateral protection, Capitalogix's advanced systems and methods for allocating capital to trading strategies for big data trading in financial markets, Dell Products' detection of indicators of attack, Nallen Holdings' paint removal unit, USAA's appliance monitoring sensors, and more.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 21, 2022
Mail may soon come to addresses across North Texas with an electric whisper—instead of a roar and a cloud of diesel exhaust. The U.S. Postal Service announced plans Tuesday to acquire at least 66,000 battery electric delivery vehicles between now and 2028, in a move to begin replacing its aging delivery fleet of over 220,000 vehicles.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 21, 2022
Since 1929, everything from WWII-era planes to F-4 Phantoms and F-14 Tomcats once buzzed Hensley Field in Southwest Dallas. Someday soon, fleets of bulldozers may be taking over—turning the site into a "walkable community" with 12,000 jobs and 6,800 residences.
"This is one of the greatest projects that's going to happen in the future of the city," said City Council Member Jaynie Schultz.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 20, 2022
The connectivity innovator brings wireless solutions to iconic venues and enterprises globally, such as Grand Central Terminal, Hollywood Bowl, London Heathrow Airport, World Trade Center Oculus, and U.S. Homeland Security.
Boingo's move to Texas—and its new office at The Star in Frisco—supports the "company’s vision and our ability to attract and retain top talent," says Boingo CEO Mike Finley.
Boingo's move to Texas—and its new office at The Star in Frisco—supports the "company’s vision and our ability to attract and retain top talent," says Boingo CEO Mike Finley.
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Aurora Driver Beta 5.0 unlocks the critical capability to detect and appropriately respond to emergency vehicles like ambulances, fire engines, and law enforcement vehicles. [Video still: Aurora Innovation]
Aurora Keeps on (Autonomously) Truckin’ with Release of Its Driver Beta 5.0 System
by Lance Murray | Dec 20, 2022
Aurora Innovation is already hauling freight with its self-driving trucks from Dallas-Fort Worth to Houston and El Paso, for customers including FedEx, Uber Freight, Werner, and Schneider.
The release of its Aurora Driver Beta 5.0 adds detection and appropriate response to emergency vehicles like ambulances, fire engines, and law enforcement vehicles, along with other enhanced capabilities.
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The Last Word: Caterpillar’s Denise Johnson on Scaling Self-Driving Trucks to the Aggregate Industry
by David Seeley |
Dec 20, 2022
Last week, Irving-based Caterpillar announced a collaboration with Luck Stone—the nation’s largest family-owned and operated producer of crushed stone, sand, and gravel—to roll out Caterpillar’s autonomous trucking solution at Luck Stone’s plant in Chantilly, Virginia. This will be Caterpillar’s first self-driving truck deployment in the aggregates industry, accelerating its solutions beyond mining, the company said. It expands Caterpillar's autonomous truck fleet to include the exceptionally burly Cat 777 seen above.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 20, 2022
The new 12-acre BigShots venue will be part of the city's EpicCentral entertainment district along SH 161. Featuring a two-story tee-line with 80 interactive, climate-controlled tee boxes and ball-tracking tech powered by TrackMan Range, the venue will also offer a 27-hole tech-driven indoor putting course, an "elevated" sports bar, and more.
The news comes a week after the announcement that Dallas' own Jordan Spieth has become an investor, advisor, and brand ambassador of Invited, BigShots' majority owner.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 19, 2022
The World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth has announced seven new directors has been added to its board of directors.
“These new board members are a truly exceptional group,” Liz Brailsford, president and CEO of the council, said in a statement....
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Dallas Forms Business Climate Leadership Group to Accelerate Climate Action
by Lance Murray | Dec 19, 2022
In a partnership with the City-Business Climate Alliance, the newly formed group met last month to begin pursuing initiatives aimed at climate targets in line with the Paris Agreement.
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson says the alliance will "help establish Dallas and its businesses as national leaders in implementing data-driven climate solutions to promote a vibrant, healthy, and resilient city.”
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by Quincy Preston |
Dec 19, 2022
Dallas-based Taysha Gene Therapies is starting a new chapter in its fight to tackle devastating neurological conditions with changes in its top executive leadership.
Late Friday, the publicly traded biotech announced that Sean P....
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 19, 2022
The city of Dallas announced last week that it has spent $82 million through the Dallas Housing Finance Corporation to acquire The Briscoe, a 322-unit class-A multifamily property at 12639 Coit Road in North Dallas. The Briscoe was previously charging tenants full market-rate rents. Now it will reserve 161 units for residents earning at or below 80% of the area median income.
Current residents who qualify will see their rents reduced at their next lease renewal, saving an average of $222 a month, or $2,659 a year.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 16, 2022
Israel-based MCE Systems Ltd., which has a North American office in Dallas, has appointed Jim Hudak, a former senior Microsoft exec with a focus on mobility, IoT, and AI at Microsoft, to the MCE advisory board.
MCE is a global leader in digital device lifecycle management (dDLM) for mobile and IoT devices....
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Gorji restaurant exterior. [Photo: Gorji]
The Last Word: Why Muscle and Fitness Calls Addison’s Gorji ‘One of the Five Restaurants Every Foodie Has to Visit’
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Dec 16, 2022
Gorji is a small, five-table restaurant near Belt Line and Montfort in Addison. Featuring new Mediterranean cuisine with "championship steak" and "sustainable seafood," it's the opposite of fast food. So opposite, that when you take your table, you'll be the only party sitting there all night.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 16, 2022
Soon-to-be Frisco-based Extenet, a leading privately held provider of digital infrastructure solutions, announced the appointment of Telisa Webb Schelin as its new senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary....
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 16, 2022
Founded in 2019 by Mark Bunting, Grata is a first-of-its-kind online platform for consumers to convey recognition directly to a brand's frontline employees in real-time. The company said that investors who have joined to support the success of Grata include Capital Factory, Clutch, Hall Group, and Perot Jain.
The startup has assembled a team of entrepreneurial veterans and industry experts including Patrick Brandt, Wesley Bryan, Allison Swope, and John Rabara.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 16, 2022
Brian Ralston has been promoted to executive vice president, chief mortgage banking officer at NexBank, the largest privately held bank based in Texas and a subsidiary of NexBank Capital Inc.
Previously. Ralston was senior vice president of mortgage banking since 2013.
In this new position, Ralston will lead the strategic direction of the mortgage banking division and continue to be responsible for all origination and servicing operations of the wholesale, non-delegated and delegated correspondent channels, and warehouse lending, NexBank said....
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