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Federal Health Agency Plugs Into Texas With Ambitious Clinical Trials Push
by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray | Oct 20, 2023
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health—or ARPA-H— wants to enable 90% of eligible Americans to participate in clinical trials within 30 minutes of their homes. The agency officially launched its new Texas "customer experience" headquarters at Dallas' Pegasus Park on Thursday, which will be home base for the initiative.
by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
Oct 18, 2023
Forty years ago this month, AT&T’s first cell service customer made his history-making call on the company's "1G"—or first generation—commercial cell network. What followed was a roller coaster of "fast, continuous innovation" that changed communications forever. And we're still on that ride.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 18, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros with 152 patents granted for the week of Oct. 3. Patents granted include: Patents granted include: Amazon's techniques for synchronizing communication across devices, Beta Air's predicting degradation of a battery for use in an electric vehicle, Essilor Laboratories of America's anti-soiling coating for an ophthalmic lens, Intuit's document classification using signal processing, Lennox Industries' predictive temperature scheduling for a thermostat using machine learning, Luminator Holding's system and method for wireless control of signs, Mary Kay's stable vitamin C compositions, Molocar's asset location system and method of use, Noble House Home Furnishing's modular furniture with tool-free assembly, Physmodo's system and method for human motion detection and tracking, State Farm's method and system for identifying biometric characteristics using machine learning techniques, Toyota's 3D magnesium battery and method of making the same, and USAA's biometric authentication on push notification.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 17, 2023
China dominates rare earth metals, controlling 60% of global production. A new $300K National Science Foundation grant enables a team of chemists, engineers, and materials scientists at UT Arlington to diversify and strengthen the U.S. supply chain.
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CannibiSenS, a handheld rapid saliva test for THC, was developed by researchers at UT Dallas. [Photo: UTD]
The Last Word: UTD’s Dr. Shalini Prasad on the THC Level Rapid Test Her Team Developed
by David Seeley | Oct 16, 2023
We told you last month about CannibiSenS, the hand-held rapid saliva test developed by Prasad and her team at UT Dallas. The device can measure THC levels with 94% accuracy, the team says. According to the researchers, the “electrochemical sensor” is more sensitive than over-the-counter tests, which typically can detect THC but don’t determine its concentration.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 11, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros with 108 patents granted for the week of Sept. 26. Patents granted include: BNSF's Railroad Virtual Track Block System, Digital Seat Media's location-based individualized content and mobile wallet offers, Flex Ltd.'s bio-sensing integrated garment, Mary Kay's delivery of active ingredients from plant materials to skin, PACCAR's headlamp heater, Palantir Technologies Inc.'s automated risk visualization using customer-centric data analysis, and Toyota's structural energy storage with carbon fiber.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 6, 2023
From Johns Hopkins academic to biotech powerhouse, Robinson's career is a mix of innovation and influence. “It is just a wonderful ride,” she said.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 6, 2023
The three-day, invitation-only 2023 Up.Summit wrapped up today at the Perot family's Circle T Ranch in Westlake. Here are some of the flying cars, autonomous dump trucks, drone-show drones, and "neighborhood electric vehicles" showcased at the summit—which was attended by global CEOs, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and VCs seeking to get in on the ground floor of the future of mobility.
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U.S. Design Patent D1,000,000 (dispensing comb) was assigned to Agustina Huckaby of Fort Worth
USPTO Issues Milestone 1 Millionth Design Patent, and It Goes to a Fort Worth Entrepreneur
by Lance Murray | Oct 3, 2023
Granted to Agustina Huckaby, design patent 1 million is for the ornamental design for a dispensing comb, the U.S. Patent and Trade Office said. The agency said that Huckaby, a licensed cosmetologist, also holds another patent for a different comb design and markets her business under the federally registered trademark Pomp and Powder.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 29, 2023
Three UT Southwestern Medical Center physician-scientists pursuing the prevention and treatment of disease that affect various stages of child development have been announced as the latest recipients of the Cary Council’s Early-Stage Research Grants....
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Sep 27, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 182 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: ARKH's spatially aware computing hub and environment, Bank of America's artificial intelligence reverse vendor collation, Lockheed Martin's workforce augmenting inspection device, Mary Kay's method for determining facial muscle responses, Match Group's method for matching using location information, Micron Technology's bank-to-bank data transfer, University of Arkansas' grape plant named A-1400, Toyota's parking spot and person detection, and USAA's autonomous vehicle haven seeking system and method.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 26, 2023
Carmack—whose Dallas-based, AGI-focused startup raised $20 million in August 2022—is partnering with Dr. Richard Sutton, chief scientific advisor at the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute in Canada. Their focus: developing a genuine AI prototype by 2030 that will show "AGI signs of life."
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CannibiSenS, a handheld rapid saliva test for THC, was developed by researchers at UT Dallas. [Photo: UTD]
New Handheld Device Can Rapid Test THC Levels in Saliva With 94% Accuracy, UTD Bioengineers Say
by David Seeley | Sep 22, 2023
Called CannibiSenS, the device can distinguish between THC and CBD. Unlike over-the-counter tests that can detect THC but aren't able to determine its concentration, this device can measure THC levels with 94% accuracy, the UTD team says, reducing "false positive" tests. See who could potentially use the device—and why.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Sep 20, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. 144 patents granted include: Amazon's configuring virtual computer systems with a web service interface to perform operations in cryptographic devices, Bank of America's tamper-evident devices equipped with secure re-image file(s), Cancer Diagnostics Research Innovations' methods for diagnosing and treating gastric cancer using miRNA expression, Knightscope's autonomous data machines and systems, Lennox's occupancy tracking using sound recognition, Lintec of America's artificial muscle tentacles, Probe Technology Services' ccement bond evaluation, Solo Brands' cooking utensil, USAA's community-based digital transaction authentication, VenaResources' adaptive RFID inventory system, and more.
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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 Quincy Preston and Lance Murray |
Sep 19, 2023
With only two known living female northern white rhinos left, Colossal Biosciences and BioRescue have joined forces to fend off a looming extinction of the species. At the cutting edge of science, they're harnessing genetic technologies to rewrite the rhino's fate.
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