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Go Time: Traffic-Control Signals Cut Stoplight Wait by 40% in Richardson

by | Feb 26, 2019
The self-syncing stoplight technology, developed at UTD, can be used in any city that deploys programmable traffic controllers with internet access.
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Startup Couples: rewardStyle’s Amber & Baxter Box on Balance and Finding Success—Together
by | Feb 26, 2019
North Texas' entrepreneurial power couples, this time the founders of rewardStyle, talk about life, balance, and finding success in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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DI People: Varidesk, Masergy, One Technologies, rewardStyle Make Leadership Moves
by | Feb 26, 2019
You’ll also find news from Diodes Inc., Pioneer Natural Resources, Prudential Capital, Ryan, Mr. Cooper, MedeAnalytics, Mortgage Contracting Services, and the TCU & UNTHSC Medical School in this roundup of personnel and leadership moves by businesses and organizations in North Texas.
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Photo Recap: Innovate(her) Conference Sparks Innovative Thinking in Middle School Girls
by | Feb 25, 2019
Capital One teamed up with the UT Dallas Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to empower students during National Engineering Week.
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Early Adopters: Accenture Survey Puts Dallas Ahead of the Pack in Emerging Tech

by | Feb 22, 2019
When it comes to blockchain, AI, and extended reality, Dallas proves better than most in adopting new, cutting-edge technologies.
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Skip Howard, CEO and Founder of Spacee, was photographed at Tyler Station in Dallas’ Oak Cliff. [Image, Skyler Fike; Carniverous plant, Texas Triffid Ranch]
Meet the Innovators:
Skip Howard, Spacee
by | Feb 22, 2019
Skip Howard loves technology that has the potential to change the world for the better. He's doing just that as the CEO and founder of Spacee, a post-mobile augmented reality startup that's revolutionizing the retail industry.
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Follow the Money:
ParkHub Buys Competitor, Closes $13M Series B Round; Kibo Makes Acquisition
by | Feb 21, 2019
You’ll also find news about Neighborhood Goods' newest round and upcoming expansion, Peloton Therapeutics, Shop Simplay, Banner Oak Capital, Hyphen Solutions, and Naya Ventures in this roundup of investment, merger, and acquisition activity involving people and companies with ties to North Texas.
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Retailer Neighborhood Goods Raises $8.8M in Expanded Seed Funding
by | Feb 21, 2019
The next-gen department store, which 'reimagined retail' last year with a grand opening in Plano's Legacy West, also announced it will open a second location this year in New York.
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Dallas Invents: 104 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 12

by | Feb 20, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: • Groupchatter's wireless group alerting or messaging • Match Group's profile matching • Toyota's methods for adjusting vehicle parameters according to merging lanes • Verizon and Redbox's system for a media-on-demand-based programming channel • TXU Energy's analyzed energy usage and home automation • An unassigned patent for an alarm that could prevent a passenger from being left in a vehicle
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Texas Rangers Golf Club: High Tech Becomes Par for the Course
by | Feb 19, 2019
The golf carts being used at the new course have a high-tech system with GPS, the ability to summon a beverage cart, and even a feature to shut down your cart if you venture too close to a hazardous boundary.
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DI People: Sabre, Ryan, SpotSee Announce Leadership Moves
by | Feb 19, 2019
Also, you’ll find news from GDC Technics, HPY, and Medical City Fort Worth in this roundup of leadership and personnel activity involving companies in North Texas.
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Christopher Brown, CEO of Modular, a provider of digital asset solutions to the banking sector, and cofounder of Zabo, a new fully digital bank that will launch in 2019.
Meet the Innovators: Christopher Brown, Modular and Zabo
In between the tech buzzwords—crypto, AI, AR—there's real work going on, Modular CEO Christopher Brown says.
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[Photos: Courtesy of Health Wildcatters]

Health Wildcatters Hacks Healthcare with First Texas Challenge

by | Feb 16, 2019
The first Texas Healthcare Challenge was a hackathon aimed at solving some of the largest problems plaguing the modern healthcare industry. Great minds of diverse education, careers, and social backgrounds came together in ad hoc teams to solve some of healthcare's largest challenges. Here are the winners and finalists of the 2019 Texas Healthcare Challenge.
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Startup Funding: Who Got the Money in 2018
by | Feb 15, 2019
Regardless of what type of funding it is—seed, venture capital, angel, or corporate—here are 17 North Texas companies that successfully pulled in capital to back their ventures.
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Look Inside: VITAS Healthcare Opens New Hospice Care Facility in Dallas’ Southern Sector
by | Feb 15, 2019
The state-of-the-art wing at Methodist Dallas Medical Center attends to the spectrum of patient needs, whether medical, emotional, social and spiritual. The care model includes massage and music therapy, pet visits, and a veterans’ program. Take a look inside the 13,000-square-foot Inpatient Hospice Unit with a photo tour.
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Dallas Startup With the ‘World’s First Transparent Marketplace’ Helps Businesses Cut Costs
by | Feb 14, 2019
NickelCommerce hopes to save food and beverage businesses money with low-priced cost-tracking and a simple inventory system. Now, it's ramping up growth and looking for some outside funding.
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