Invention

Boundary Breakers: The Inventive Innovators of the 2023 Future 50 in Dallas-Fort Worth

by | Mar 16, 2023

Meet the inventive minds driving change in Dallas-Fort Worth’s industries and beyond with groundbreaking technologies and solutions. These individuals are among the Future 50, recognized in Dallas Innovates 2023 magazine for their forward-thinking approaches to invention, commercialization, and intellectual property.

From safe, direct current power for intelligent buildings (Farukh Aslam, Sinclair Digital Services) to transforming medical devices with wireless, batteryless implants (J.-C....

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Concentric’s New Automated Charger System Can Reload a Forklift Battery in 3 Minutes
by | Mar 14, 2023
The Carrollton-based company's COO calls the industry-first technology a "quantum leap forward." With plug-and-play, on-demand power, PowerHIVE is "scalable to every piece of equipment you operate today and tomorrow."
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From Ideas to Impact: SMU’s Research and Innovation Week Demonstrates the Power of Innovation
by | Mar 14, 2023
Running from March 20-25 on the SMU campus, research and innovation will be on full display.
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Dallas Invents: 130 Patents Granted for Week of March 7
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 130 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Vpay's virtual payment card fraud detection, AT&T's modeling radio wave propagation in a 5G or other next generation network, Bank of America's resource performance and maintenance via distributed ledgers, The University of Texas System's peripheral nerve electrode for neural recording and stimulation, Boy Scouts of America's quadcopter drone, Capital One's method for determining an actual cost ownership, Custom Environmental Consulting's bathroom space saver and organizer, Dell's data integration demand management using artificial intelligence, DocuSign's electronic document interaction with external resources, Fortress Iron's deck framing system, Maxim Integrated Products' logging data in harsh environments, McAfee's methods to improve detection of malware based on ecosystem specific data, rewardStyle's affiliate link generation, Siemens Industry Software's build direction-based partitioning for construction of a physical object through additive manufacturing, Spectral MD's Machine learning for assessment, healing prediction, and treatment of wounds, and more.
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‘Groundbreaking’ Soil Sensors From UT Dallas Bioengineers Could Help Combat Climate Change, Food Insecurity

by | Mar 9, 2023
"This is the equivalent of having a wearable health sensor on your body that tells you in real time what’s happening. Think of it as a wearable for the soil,” UT Dallas' Dr. Shalini Prasad said.
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Dallas Invents: 132 Patents Granted for Week of February 28
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Adaptive 3D and UT Systems' vat resin for 3D stereolithography printing, American Airlines' mobile ground equipment location monitoring, Brightplus Ventures's image enhanced liquid crystal display devices, CBN Nano Technologies' mechanosynthesis, Halo Microelectronics Co.'s wireless charging transmitter system , IBM's historical augmentation of electronic maps, Mirelz's real-time virtual try-on item modeling, Neurolens' measuring binocular alignment, RealPages' interaction-driven AI system and uses for same, including travel or real estate related contexts, Toyota's inflatable drone with shape memory alloy wires, and more.
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Fort Worth Biotech NanOlogy Gets U.S. Patent for New Cancer Treatment
by | Mar 7, 2023
NanOlogy said the new patent covers a method of treating cancer by intratumoral administration of large surface area microparticle taxanes in combination with systemic administration of immune checkpoint inhibitors. “The goal is to identify which combinations can increase the immune response, thereby increasing the overall solid tumor response to treatment," said NanOlogy Chief Medical Officer Gere DiZerega.
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UTSW Researchers Discover Liver Hormone Helps Drunk Mice Sober Up Quicker
by | Mar 7, 2023

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas have discovered that could lead to an effective treatment for acute alcohol intoxications.

The researchers reported in a new study that a shot of a liver-produced hormone called FGF21 sobered up mice that had passed out from alcohol....

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16 Biotech Companies in Dallas-Fort Worth ‘Putting the Tech in Bio’ to Drive Breakthroughs

Dallas-Fort Worth is well known for its tech expertise. Now it being recognized as the place where technology meets life science—a convergence that’s driving rapid growth in the biotech ecosystem. Leaders in the industry attribute this success to the unique convergence of the region’s exceptional tech talent pool and cutting-edge developments in life science....

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Dallas Invents: 160 Patents Granted for Week of February 21
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Allied Inventory Systems' RFID-based inventory system, Apple's scheduling profile for UE power savings, Beta Air's energy tracking in an electric aircraft, Brunswick Corporation's marine propulsion system, Capital One's contact callback system, Garrity Power Services' cattle tracking system, Intellective Ai's anomaly score adjustment across anomaly generators, Ironwood Cyber's detecting malicious software using sensors, Smartdots' automated gate for robotic mowers, Speedgrocer's system for order fulfillment, SurgiSil's lip implant, Toyota's ultra-violet light sanitizing of a vehicle, Varidesk's quick assemble wall system, and more.
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A Robot Is Changing Tires in Arlington
by | 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.
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Bell Achieves World’s First Flight Using 100% Sustainable Fuel in Single-Engine Helicopter
by | 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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Dallas Invents: 142 Patents Granted for Week of February 14

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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UNT and COMSovereign to Collaborate on 5G Edge-Centric Research Platform for Advanced Air Mobility and More
by | Feb 21, 2023
UNT and Dallas-based communications tech company COMSovereign are partnering to develop and launch a new 5G edge-centric infrastructure test platform, funded in part by a grant from the North Central Texas Council of Governments. With the new program, UNT's Dr. Kamesh Namuduri says his team will "be able to expand our focus on wireless connectivity and research into Advanced Air Mobility technologies including UAVs, where UNT is already actively engaged with an expanding network of industry and government partners."
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Tasty Innovations: Savoring the Fresh Flavors of Dallas-Fort Worth’s Food and Beverage Trailblazers
by | 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....

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Dallas-Based Ameriflight Plans to Buy 35 Autonomous Air Cargo Drones With ‘Record-Breaking’ Payload Capacity
by | 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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