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The RoboTire system at an Arlington Discount Tire store. [Video still: RoboTire]
A Robot Is Changing Tires in Arlington
by David Seeley | Feb 23, 2023
Michigan-based RoboTire uses "state-of-the-art robotics and advanced algorithms" to change a vehicle's tires in a fraction of the time it takes humans to do it, "reducing an hour-long experience to under 25 minutes while maintaining the highest levels of safety." The Arlington location is the second of Discount Tire's 1,100 stores to implement the system. And it's not a coincidence—Discount Tire is a RoboTire investor.
by David Seeley |
Feb 22, 2023
Fort Worth-based Bell Textron's Bell 505 took flight using 100% sustainable aviation fuel made from used cooking oil, other bio-based feedstocks, and renewable plant sugars. "This flight is a monumental achievement for sustainability and decarbonization in the rotorcraft industry,” said Michael Thacker, EVP of commercial business at Bell.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 21, 2023
The UT Southwestern researchers discovered the first molecular biomarker for AGL, a rare disorder in which fat deposits are destroyed, causing patients to have dangerously low body fat, signs of accelerated aging, and severe metabolic diseases including diabetes and fatty liver.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 21, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's remote vending using an integrated vehicle vending machine, Astrapi's secure communication employing symbol waveform hopping, Beta Air's predicting degradation of a battery for use in an EV, Capital One's payment card with removable insert and identification elements, Lennox's HVAC system leak detection, Parisis' star heeled shoe, Safran Seats USA's inductive power transmission in aircraft seats, Spark Connected's wireless power transfer system, T-Mobile USA's multizone equipment tracking system, USAA's automatic problem detection from sounds, and more.
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Tasty Innovations: Savoring the Fresh Flavors of Dallas-Fort Worth’s Food and Beverage Trailblazers
by David Seeley | Feb 20, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth’s food and beverage industry ranges from giants like Frito-Lay and Darling Ingredients to startups with creative, tempting treats. Related sectors employ more than 420,000 people in the region, generating $27 billion in economic output. But ever since the frozen margarita machine was born at Mariano’s in Dallas, we’ve been drawn to innovators who think up new ways to sip, snack, and drink....
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by David Seeley |
Feb 16, 2023
Ameriflight—the nation's largest Part 135 Cargo airline—announced signing a letter of intent to purchase 35 VTOL air cargo drones from California's Sabrewing Aircraft Company. Just last month, Ameriflight signed with Natilus on the purchase of 20 autonomous Kona aircraft, which can carry payloads up to 3.8 tons without a crew.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Feb 15, 2023
From AI to human longevity to xTech, North Texas experts George Brody of InfoNet of Things and Anurag Jain of Perot Jain, along with Mike Bechtel of Deloitte, predict a range of emerging technologies set to transform the world in 2023 and beyond.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 15, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Advanced Neuromodulation Systems' implantable peripheral nerve stimulation lead, AT&T's website verification service, Charles Schwab's method for secure communications, Hi. Q's remote health assertion verification and mortality prediction system, Kyndryl's medication delivery vehicle to facilitate medication release, Paravit's syncing operational data for heavy equipment, Preciate's dynamic virtual environment, Prova Group's game live auction system , Qorvo's switch circuitry, Textron's electric aerial sky tram, Trend Micro's malicious code scanning of remotely-located files, Tricolor Holdings' AI-based vehicle support and more.
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Nine business owners have been selected to receive funding as the first monthly cohort of the HSC SBIR Phase 0 Program. [Image: UNTHSC]
The Last Word: Dr. Adrian Denvir on Selecting Nine Startups for the HSC Next SBIR Phase 0 Program
by Lance Murray | Feb 13, 2023
The program is designed to help the owners of forward-thinking small businesses in Tarrant County. Through the program, they can apply for federal funds via mechanisms known as the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, collectively known as America’s Seed Fund.
Meet the startups selected for the first monthly cohort—and learn how other companies can apply for the program each month through November 2024.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 10, 2023
The nation’s highest honor for technological achievement will be bestowed by President Biden, the USPTO said. The medal is awarded to individuals, teams, and companies for outstanding contributions to the nation’s economic, environmental, and social well-being—through tech products, tech innovation, and strengthening America's tech workforce.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 8, 2023
"One word: plastics." That's the famous career advice from the movie The Graduate. A professor at UT Arlington must have gotten the same message, because 56 years later he's making history by using plastics to repair and stabilize roadways in the DFW area.
Dr. Sahadat Hossain—a UTA civil engineering professor and director of the school's Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability—got a grant of around $950,000 from the Dallas district of the Texas Department of Transportation to achieve the first use of “plastic road” material in Texas. The project will begin with work on roads near Kaufman, southeast of Dallas.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 7, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include 7-Eleven's contour-based detection of closely spaced objects, BMIC's roofing panels with water shedding features, Dell's data analytics model selection through champion challenger mechanism, Digital Seat Media's method for providing synchronized interactive multimedia content to mobile devices based on the geolocation of a vehicle, Docusigns's computing environment for verifiable execution of data-driven contracts, DRS Network, Regents of the University of Colorado's atomic layer etching on microdevices and nanodevices, McAfee's method to defend against adversarial machine learning, ProBiora Health's hydrogen peroxide-producing bacterial composition, rewardStyle's improved searching across multiple databases, Toyota's bicycle saddle with spring-based vibration isolation, True Velocity's glass penetrating projectile, and Vitaltech Propertiess' on-body wearable charger.
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John Carmack’s New Holy Grail: Artificial General Intelligence
by Glenn Hunter | Feb 2, 2023
John Carmack, the iconic Dallas game developer, rocket engineer, and VR pioneer, is setting his sights on AGI. If successful, his moonshot effort would be a ‘change-the-world-level’ event.
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by Glenn Hunter |
Feb 2, 2023
John Carmack, the iconic Dallas game developer, rocket engineer, and VR pioneer, is taking aim now at solving AGI. If successful, his moonshot effort would be a ‘change-the-world-level’ event.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 1, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AT&T's transformation as a service, Capital One's AI system for inspecting image reliability, Charles Schwab's method for user PIN registration and authentication , Daltile's pressing equipment and method for forming a floor element, Dell's deployment services to multiple public cloud environments using cloud-specific encapsulated communication logic, FELT's system for creating and delivering handwritten greeting cards, Koch Agronomie Services' micronutrient foliar solutions, McAfee's distribution of neural networks with blockchains, ProBiora Health's beverage additive and controlled release of beneficial bacteria to the oral cavity, Theatro Labs' detection of under-utilized features and training, instruction, or technical support in an observation platform, Toyota's vehicle door handle sanitizing system, and more.
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by Dallas Next Media |
Jan 27, 2023
Welcome to the pulse of North Texas, where creativity and innovation converge to shape the future of business and beyond.
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