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Two trash-gobbling, solar-powered, current-turning waterwheels are coming to Fort Worth's Trinity River. [Photo: fortworthtexas.gov]
Solar-Powered, Trash-Gobbling Waterwheels Are Coming to the Trinity River in Fort Worth
by David Seeley | Dec 16, 2021
Powered by the sun and the river's current, two Trinity River Waterwheels will be able to capture tons of floating pollution daily—keeping the waterway pristine as it flows through Fort Worth. The city council voted Tuesday to accept private donations to support the initiative. One official says the results will be "astonishing."
by Quincy Preston |
Dec 15, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's topview object tracking using a sensor array, AT&T's autonomous vehicle signaling system, Bank of America's multi-tiered digital wallet security, Bell Helicopter Textron's components using mobile robotic inspection systems, and more.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 10, 2021
BALANCED Media | Technology has won the second annual Grand Challenge competition for its edge computing solution. Gamers downloaded a small game. While they played, they were also processing data to help find COVID-fighting compounds.
Its HEWMEN crowd-computing platform
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![MP’s new magnetics facility in Fort Worth's AllianceTexas development will source materials from Mountain Pass, California and aims to help restore a fully integrated U.S. supply chain. [Rendering: MP Materials]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MP-Materials-Fort-Worth-Magnet-Manufacturing-Facility-360x203.jpg)
by Quincy Preston |
Dec 9, 2021
The new magnet manufacturing facility will be the headquarters for MP Magnetics, the company's growing magnetics division.
Production at the new facility could ultimately power 500,000 EV motors each year. MP, which entered a long-term supply agreement with General Motors for rare earth materials and parts, says manufacturing could begin in 2023.
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[Left: video still: TravelSafely - https://youtu.be/4MnmOFxOIUE ; Right: Photo: City of Arlington]
TravelSafely App Alerts Arlington Drivers to Potential Road Hazards
by Dave Moore | Dec 7, 2021
Arlington's Cooper Street Smart Mobility Corridor uses "connected vehicle-to-everything" technologies to alert drivers to traffic light changes, nearby pedestrians and cyclists, approaching fire trucks, and more.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 7, 2021
The Dallas Education Foundation is being recognized for driving the creation of an “educational metaverse” for DISD. Developed by Dallas-based STEMuli Technology, the metaverse is currently being piloted at Dallas Hybrid Prep, the district’s first permanently hybrid school.
The STOP Awards, funded by Philadelphia benefactor Janine Yass, will provide a total of $3.5 million in prizes for exceptional educational responses during the COVID pandemic.
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by Dave Moore |
Dec 6, 2021
Mississauga, Ontario-based Evolve Biologics is a producer of plasma-derived therapeutics. The firm's CEO says the new, state-of-the-art, 200,000-SF Sachse facility "will be the foundation of our future growth and global strategy," with the capacity to process 1 million liters of plasma annually and a planned expansion to 2 million liters.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 3, 2021
The Eos—a refrigerator-sized green energy solution powered by machine intelligence—captures and sequesters carbon from the atmosphere using algae. Hypergiant founder Ben Lamm, who's trying to bring back the woolly mammoth with his new startup Colossal, looks back at the development of Eos, and what it could mean for the world.
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U.S. Patent No. 11,176,758 (Overlaying 3D augmented reality content on real-world objects using image segmentation) was assigned to Capital One Services, LLC
Dallas Invents: 127 Patents Granted for Week of Nov. 16
by Quincy Preston | Dec 1, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's image-based action detection using contour dilation, Anantak Robotics' autonomously moving machine and method for operating an autonomously moving machine, AT&T's movable smart device for appliances, Capital One's overlay of 3D augmented reality content on real-world objects using image segmentation, Dogness Group's drinking cup for pets, Lennox's carbon dioxide cooling system with subcooling, Raytheon's railored contact plan generation, Storelli Bra's adjustable athletic bra, Streamline Innovations' removing sulphur-based contaminants and nitrogen-based contaminants from water streams, Toyota's increasing consumer confidence in autonomous vehicles, USAA's self-charging unmanned vehicle, and more.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 24, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Allied Bioscience wet wipes comprising antimicrobial coating compositions, Amazon Technologies' repository service using encrypted configuration data, Bank of America's information security using blockchains, Blacktop Plus' therapeutic elastic sports tape, Capital One's identity and electronic signature verification in blockchain, Dallas Limetree's system for classifying content using scoring for identifying psychological factors employed by consumers to take action, Dell's system that implements a software tool for data leak prevention, PACCAR's tire tread with reduced rolling resistance, Seals Gresham Group's location-based social media for events, Soniclean's toothbrush head, and Toyota's active noise control for vehicle with a single open window.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 13, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Allied Bioscience’s infection control, Allstate Insurance’s accident re-creation using augmented reality, Avegant Corp.’s steerable high-resolution display, Brink’s self-service modular drop safes CommScope Technologies’ wrap around antenna, Corvus Robotics’ warehouse inventory management using drones, IBM’s identifying objects of interest in augmented reality, Linear Labs’ magnetic motor and method of use, Lintec of America’s applying micron diameter yarns, and Reliant Immune Diagnostics’ initiating telemedicine conference using self-diagnostic test.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 12, 2021
CodeLaunch—known for splashy events that are part tech trade show, part startup conference—will host the finals of its 10th seed accelerator competition on November 17 at Frisco's Comerica Center.
Three of the five finalists are from DFW. Meet them here.
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An NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD probably won't fit inside your home office. But SMU can manage it. [Image: NVIDIA]
$11.5M NVIDIA Collaboration Will Put SMU ‘in the Fast Lane for Artificial Intelligence’
by David Seeley | Nov 11, 2021
SMU is investing $11.5 million into a powerful new supercomputing research system featuring an NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD. Connected with the NVIDIA Quantum InfiniBand networking platform in SMU's data center, it will produce a theoretical 100 petaflops of computing power—enabling the university's network to perform "a blistering 100 quadrillion operations per second."
The new capability will supercharge SMU's AI and supercomputing exploration, boosting North Texas' growth as a technology hub.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 9, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Minor IP’s underwater wings for providing lift to boats, Apple’s DMRS for 5G things communication system, Capital One‘s document term recognition and analytics, Dell’s pre-boot BIOS healing of platform issues from operating system stop error code crashes, Edible Garden AG’s greenhouse agriculture system, NICE LTD’s detecting complaint interactions, Toyota’s predicting and detecting a cardiac event, and VitalTech Properties’ on-body wearable charger.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 9, 2021
A 1.5 million-square-foot automated fulfillment center is slated to open in Lancaster in 2023, followed by a 730,000 square-foot automated grocery distribution center in 2024. Both will deploy the latest in high-tech robotics and innovation.
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Dallas-Based Vaxxinity Prepares for $100M IPO; Aims to Turn Immune Systems Into ‘Antibody Factories’
by David Seeley |
Nov 8, 2021
Vaxxinity's COVID-19 vaccine candidate is "super safe and mild and doesn’t bring recipients down for a couple of days with flu-like symptoms," says the company's co-founder and CEO, Mei Mei Hu. Unlike mRNA vaccines from Modern and Pfizer, Vaxxinity says its protein peptide-based platform is based on tech that led to a vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease in livestock.
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