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Every Last Word
Dallas Innovates’ signature series capturing what leaders across North Texas are saying — in their own words — about innovation, impact, and what’s next.
Skip Howard with his HoverTouch tech at Sam's Club [Photo: Spacee]
The Last Word: Spacee’s Skip Howard on His HoverTouch Tech in Action at Sam’s Club
by Quincy Preston | Sep 20, 2023
The company's original groundbreaking HoverTouch technology has found a new use case at Sam's Club. The giant touchscreen is replacing theft-prone iPads with HoverTouch tech that turns any surface into an interactive experience — walls, glass, tables, and more become engaging consumer touchpoints with no power to the surface.
by David Seeley |
Sep 19, 2023
The advancement, leveraging what the institute calls "Diffusion Policy," is said to improve robot utility and be a step toward building "Large Behavior Models" for robots, similar to Large Language Models like ChatGPT which have revolutionized conversational AI.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 18, 2023
In a Fast Takes podcast, Courtney White, a research attorney at Texas-based law firm Jackson Walker, interviews two of the firm's associates about how different generations in today's workforce communicate differently.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 15, 2023
Investor and tech pioneer Steve Case, best known as the co-founder and former CEO of AOL, made this call to action yesterday while visiting North Texas at Dallas Startup Week in Frisco. The pandemic "created an opening that's a unique, maybe even once-in-a-lifetime, kind of opportunity," he added.
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Tapestry homes feature grass roofs and grass terraces and courtyards [Photo: Total Environment Homes]
The Last Word: Kamal Sagar on Building $1M Frisco Homes with Grass Roofs and Courtyards
by David Seeley | Sep 13, 2023
Sagar's company is building a Tapestry community of 121 homes in east Frisco with eco-friendly grass rooftops and lawned terraces and courtyards built into each new abode, according to the Dallas Morning News.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 12, 2023
Williams was just one of the experts on hand at the Dallas Regional Chamber's late August Q3 Executive Circle event. Presented by McKesson at AT&T’s Dallas headquarters, the panel focused on the impact of AI on how companies do business and shared practical insights into how companies can navigate and utilize AI.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 7, 2023
Plano-based Toyota Motor North America has been making innovative moves at its operations in the port of Long Beach, California. Partnering with Connecticut-based FuelCell Energy, the companies announced today the completion of what they call "the world's first Tri-gen production system."
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by David Seeley |
Sep 6, 2023
In a closing announcement at the "Future of AI" summit Tuesday, Nancy Avila, EVP, CIO, and CTO at Irving-based McKesson, announced that her company and Accenture will be presenting Convergence AI Dallas, a sales conference slated for spring 2024.
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SMU Professor and Provost Elizabeth Loboa [Source images: SMU, DKosig/istockphoto]
The Last Word: SMU’s Elizabeth Loboa on the Impact of a $30M Gift from The O’Donnell Foundation
by David Seeley | Aug 28, 2023
Loboa was explaining a critical need that SMU and other universities are addressing—one that was got a boost last week when The O’Donnell Foundation announced its donation of $30 million to SMU to create 10 endowed academic positions in engineering and data science, as well as to support research in those fields.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 25, 2023
Today marks the opening day of Dwell With Dignity's annual fall Thrift Studio popup, where luxury home furnishings and art are sold at "steeply discounted prices" to benefit Drell With Dignity's nonprofit mission: furnishing living spaces for families in need.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 24, 2023
Scott and three other women co-founders—all "transformation and wellness coaches"—launched their North Texas-based VYIT LIFE platform in 2022. Aimed at everyone from the healthy-living curious to fitness beginners to those seeking “ultimate body transformation," the brand acknowledges that people have different fitness goals.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 23, 2023
It's going to be 106 degrees all weekend in Dallas-Fort Worth, but don't worry—fall is coming! The proof's in a viral video posted by user 23CUPS on Facebook and Instagram. There, in the next lane on the highway, an 18-wheeler is trucking gigantic Big Tex boots toward Fair Park, where the State Fair of Texas will open on September 29.
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That match may actually be a pitch instead, says the WSJ. [Image: Tero Vesalainen/istockphoto]
The Last Word: How Dating Apps Are Being Used for Business Networking, Not Romance
by David Seeley | Aug 21, 2023
Dating apps can be a great way to find romance. But increasingly, according to the Wall Street Journal, users are finding something else instead: business come-ons from tech recruiters, networkers, children's book authors, and more.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 18, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth has been growing northward for generations. But momentum kicked up a notch when two big semiconductor wafer fabrication plant projects were slated for Sherman: a $30 billion plan by Texas Instruments to build four "fab" plants, and GlobiTech's planned $5 billion silicon wafer facility. Together, the projects are expected to bring 4,500 jobs to the area.
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 17, 2023
That vision and "get-stuff-done" mindset has fueled McKinney-based Albers Aerospace's growth and innovation for nearly a decade. Founded in 2014 by retired Marine John Albers, the family of defense and space manufacturing companies operates to deliver “top products while improving employees' lives.”
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by David Seeley |
Aug 16, 2023
So how do you start in approaching big problems? Tare says it's all about the basics: "You start from the very basics and think about data collection. What you measure now, you need to measure again in the future to see if there’s a trend line."
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