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Students train in high-fidelity training environments, including an emergency department room, an intensive care room, and a labor and delivery room. [Photo: UT Southwestern]
The Future of Medical Education
by Southwestern Medical Foundation | Oct 8, 2021
Learn the ways medical school classrooms are looking more and more futuristic by incorporating simulation learning into their curriculums.
by Dave Moore |
Oct 7, 2021
Students and experienced engineers alike hacked solutions to real-world challenges with algorithms, coding scripts, and data in three days of problem-solving. Some of the world’s biggest names in business—Amazon, McKesson, and USAA (to name a few)—were taking note.
Hackathons have became the new career fair for tech talent.
Hackathons have became the new career fair for tech talent.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 5, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AbTech Industries' evaporation apparatus for treating waste water, Assa Abloy's remote loading dock authorization systems and methods, IBM's drone station marketplace, Safepass' digital badge, and Toyota's subscription-based smart refueling.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 5, 2021
The NTXIA is a founding member of the new National Smart Coalitions Partnership, now one of the largest smart cities networks in the country. The organization unites more than 100 governments across seven regional smart cities consortiums.
The goal? To accelerate sustainability and resilience in communities.
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The 2021 Cary Council grant recipients: Dr. Emily Adhikari, Dr. Owoicho Adogwa, and Dr. Samuel John [Photos: Cary Council]
Dallas ‘DocStars’ on COVID and Pregnancy, Cancer and Spine Studies, and Working Till Midnight on Early-Stage Research
by David Seeley | Oct 4, 2021
In partnership with the Southwestern Medical Foundation, the Cary Council awarded $50K grants to each of its three 2021 young "DocStars." On a recent "What's Up Doc?" virtual event, the young investigators spoke about how their research projects are going, what they hope to achieve—and why the seed grants are a catalyst for medical innovation.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 4, 2021
Now trading under "WBX," the Barcelona-based EV charging manufacturer closed its merger with N.Y.-based SPAC Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. on October 1.
Arlington leaders recently granted Wallbox incentives to build the company’s first North American plant in the Great Southwest Industrial District.
Arlington leaders recently granted Wallbox incentives to build the company’s first North American plant in the Great Southwest Industrial District.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 1, 2021
You’ve found Dallas Innovates’ archive of news briefs from July to September 2021.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 30, 2021
Packaging Technology Group provides thermal packaging solutions and services for the biopharma and life science sector. As demand for custom and off-the shelf shipping solutions rise, PTG is adding capacity and expanding its products. The company's 73,000-square-foot Fort Worth facility is its third new location in 18 months.
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Maxime Blandin and Dillon Baxter, co-founders of PlantSwitch [Images: PlantSwitch]
Two SMU Grads Create Eco-Friendly Products to Combat Single-Use Plastics
by Maddie Preston | Sep 29, 2021
All straws suck—but single-use paper straws that disintegrate mid-drink are especially sucky. That's why two SMU grads were inspired to create an alternative to plastic straws, as well as other single-use plastic products, made with upcycled agave waste from tequila production. The pair are raising a Series A round.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 29, 2021
Rootines helps the neurodiverse community by tracking their daily moods and routines. Developed initially for those on the autism spectrum, the app will soon support patients with other conditions like ADHD and bi-polar disorder. The $1 million angel investment was provided by Pittsburgh-based Determined Capital.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 28, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AT&T's unified platform for managing telephone number ordering and procurement lifecycles, Cisco's blockchain for optimized fast-secure roaming on WLANs, Finish Time Holding's athlete tracking system and method for tracking an athlete during training sessions, Match.com's method for matching using location information, Renegade Logic automated network trading platform, SkyBitz's increasing asset utilization using satellite aided location tracking, Stryker Corp.'s operating room wireless power transfer, and Toyota's real-time trajectory optimization for hybrid energy management utilizing connected IT.
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by Alex Edwards |
Sep 28, 2021
Building on the company's transition to SaaS is the launch of Xcelerator as a Service, which provides access to tools, features, and compute resources as organizations need and require them.
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AMRO is one of the business divisions of Karman Missile & Space Systems [Video still: Karman]
Trive-Backed Karman Systems Acquires Systima Technologies, Speeding Its Push Into Space and Hypersonic Markets
by David Seeley | Sep 24, 2021
It was only last January that Trive Capital—a Dallas-based PE firm—formed Karman in a partnership with AMRO Fabricating and Aerospace Engineering. The Systima acquisition is the fifth transaction Trive has completed in the last 12 months in building the Karman platform into an aerospace and hypersonic powerhouse.
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Sep 23, 2021
Equinix's new 5G ETDC is an incubator and proving ground for 5G co-innovation. Customers can assess, incubate, and test 5G services and edge solutions.
The new "tech sandbox" at the Infomart is a production-ready interconnection environment from the radio network to the cloud.
The new "tech sandbox" at the Infomart is a production-ready interconnection environment from the radio network to the cloud.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 22, 2021
Southlake-based OncoNano Medicine uses pH-sensitive nanoparticle technology to "light up" cancer for real-time surgical imaging. The multi-year collaboration will seek to uncover new cancer therapies that can benefit from OncoNano's technology.
OncoNano raised $50 million in Series B funding in June.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 20, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's sensor mapping to a global coordinate system, Apple's method for supporting antenna beamforming in a cellular network, Intuit's sentiment analysis of conten,Luraco's body scanning detection for advanced robotic massage chairs, Monarc's projectile delivery system, ShockWatch's impact indicator, and UIPath's scheduling robots for robotic process automation.
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