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Building Trust in Tech: UT Dallas-Backed Research Center Gets National Science Foundation Designation

by | Oct 9, 2019
UT Dallas is a founding partner in The Center for Hardware and Embedded Systems Security and Trust, a.k.a. CHEST, which ensures electronic devices are designed to protect people and communities.
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Toyota's patent granted for a Smart necklace for social awareness for people with impaired vision or on the autism spectrum.
Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of Oct. 1
by | Oct 9, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Toyota's smart necklace for social awareness, Apple's adaptive multiplexing and transmit/receive diversity for wireless devices, Arch Holdings' method for media destruction using a kiosk, AT&T's system for grouping users to different speed tiers for wireless communication, Bank of America's electronic security keys for data security based on quantum particle states, Capital One's vehicle location system, SMU's method for privacy preserving disclosure of a shared, identity-linked secret, and Wells Fargo Bank's biometric electronic signature tokens.
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Reimagine Communities Summit: How Human-Centered Design and Digitalization Drive Innovation
by | Oct 8, 2019
Get our full recap of Capital One's fourth annual Reimagine Communities Summit, which provided a platform for conversations around development in the digital age.
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Deep Ellum Among Top 20 ‘Cool Streets’ in North America, New Report Says
by | Oct 8, 2019
Deep Ellum’s ‘gritty, authentic feel’ lures everyone from small retailers to giant tech firms like Uber.
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YTexas Summit: Talking Bills, Business, and the ‘Texas Miracle’

by | Oct 8, 2019
Brint Ryan, CEO of global tax services and software provider Ryan, moderated a discussion on the future of Texas at YTexas' first-ever summit.
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Apogee Semiconductor picked as NASA partner. The Artemis program: NASA’s “Tipping Point” technology funding is part of the space agency’s push to land humans on the moon by 2024. [Image: Screenshot/NASA.gov]
To the Moon: NASA Awards North Texas Firm $2M for ‘Tipping Point’ Technology
by | Oct 7, 2019
Apogee Semiconductor's technology could help enable the space agency’s exploration of the Moon—and beyond. It's one of 14 U.S. companies picked in the fourth round of NASA's 'Tipping Point' partner program.
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Discovery: UNTHSC Works on More Precise CRISPR, UTSW Uses AI in Depression Research
by | Oct 4, 2019
In this weekly roundup of research and development activity in North Texas, you’ll also find out about how a $427,000 NIH grant is helping a UTA team study the healing of cranial injuries, and how Lexus researchers are creating a high-end audio system.
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Make Your Company’s Weight-Loss Permanent!
by | Oct 4, 2019
Want to figure out how to make your weight loss program work AND ensure widespread user adoption of your newly implemented system? Joe Pruitt, Senior Manager at Sendero, shares three foundational OCM focus areas to ensure your company can experience the full benefit of your next IT implementation.
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PGA’s Relocation to Frisco Wins Top Award from Texas Business Network

by | Oct 3, 2019
YTexas has named the new PGA of America headquarters in Frisco—which has been called the "Silicon Valley of Golf"—as this year's big gamechanging move.
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Medal of Honor Museum
First-Ever National Medal of Honor Museum Will Call Arlington Home
by | Oct 3, 2019
Planned for completion in 2024 near AT&T Stadium and Globe Life Park, the museum will tell the stories of the recipients of the nation's highest military honor—70 of them from Texas—via interactive experiences and rotating exhibits.
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Big Four Mobile Carriers to Unveil ‘ZenKey’ Tech to Rid Us of Passwords
by | Oct 2, 2019
AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint are collaborating on ZenKey, a new way to verify and authenticate who's using your mobile device.
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teleCalm Smart Home Phone
Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of Sept. 24
by | Oct 2, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: teleCalm's telephone system for impaired individuals, AiBUY's interactive product placement system, Allied Bioscience's composition to form self decontaminating surface, Capital One Services' method for an ATM to issue a secured bank card, Flex-a-Rock Holdings' latex-based formulations for coating and sculpting applications, rewardStyle's methods for screenshot linking, Tella Firma's expendable fluid drive actuators for foundation lifting, Tesla's solar photovoltaic power conditioning units, TRV Dispense's soft food and beverage dispenser, and Wells Fargo Banks' methods for processing nuances in natural language.
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Codeup Set to Open Dallas Campus

by | Oct 1, 2019
Codeup, a 20-week accelerator program for computer programmers and data scientists, is sticking to its Texas roots with its first expansion set in Dallas.
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DI People: Toyota, MoneyGram, Lennox International, Gardenuity Make Executive Moves
by | Oct 1, 2019
In this weekly roundup of leadership and executive moves from North Texas companies, you’ll also find news from Thryv, Highland Capital, Razberi, and Nuvectra Corp.
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Private Investors Find Polte’s Location Platform for $12.5M Investment
by | Oct 1, 2019
With its patented alternative to GPS, Polte leverages widely available 4G and 5G networks to help manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of goods effectively track and manage millions of assets.
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STEM, STEAM, STREAM: North Texas Experts Discuss Why Education Matters to Business
In this three-part series, experts talk about the state of STEM, STEAM, and STREAM education in Dallas-Fort Worth—and what it means to our future workforce. In Part One, these leaders tackle how to define STEM and also identify opportunities to come together to fuel the talent pipeline.
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