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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.
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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![Pudu offers many commercial service robots. Free 1-week trials of the PuduBot food delivery robot (far right above) are being offered to Dallas restaurants for a limited time. [Image: Pudu Robotics]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Pudu-Robotics-940x436.jpg)
Pudu offers many commercial service robots. Free 1-week trials of the PuduBot food delivery robot (far right above) are being offered to Dallas restaurants for a limited time. [Image: Pudu Robotics]
Pudu Robotics Offers Free Trials of Its Food Delivery Robot to Dallas Restaurants
by David Seeley | Nov 3, 2021
The free, one-week trial of the company's PuduBot food delivery robot is open to Dallas restaurants, cafes, hotels, offices, hospitals, and other catering operators for a limited time.
The robot navigates around tables with 3D obstacle avoidance technology and SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping). Oh, and it can sing "Happy Birthday," too.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 3, 2021
Battery-powered smart meters, smoke detectors, video doorbells, and many medical and industrial devices all need one thing: the capacity to support peak loads and backup power for continuous operation. TI's new DC/DC converter makes that happen while delivering impressive increases in power output and battery life.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 2, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Bank of America's data authentication using a blockchain approach, Elbit System's apparatus for target location, IBM's avatar-based augmented reality engagement, Mckesson's adherence monitoring system, ProBiora Health's foods containing beneficial oral bacteria, Toyota's acoustic direction sensor, Verishop's online multi-user shopping, and Verizon's system for carrier settlement using blockchain.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 2, 2021
BioLabs at Pegasus Park shared space and state-of-the-art lab is slated to open in December. It's a place where entrepreneurial innovators can test, develop, and grow their ideas.
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Panel: Self-Driving Trucks Find Dallas-Fort Worth Launchpoint
by Dave Moore | Oct 29, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth is ground zero for the development of autonomous truck technology, thanks to the cooperation of business leaders, and local, regional, and state governments, industry leaders say.
Experts from Kodiak, Waymo, Aurora, Embark, TuSimple, and Deloitte discuss why DFW is at the center of self-driving trucking deployments—and how that's shaping the future of the global supply chain. Here's a takeaway.
Experts from Kodiak, Waymo, Aurora, Embark, TuSimple, and Deloitte discuss why DFW is at the center of self-driving trucking deployments—and how that's shaping the future of the global supply chain. Here's a takeaway.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 27, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: American Airlines' cargo management system, AT&T's document analysis using machine learning and neural network, Baylor University's carpal bone fusion device and metho, Futurewei Technologies' operating states for D2D discover, IBM's augmented reality tagging of non-smart item, Mentalix's robotic document feede, and Textron Innovations' mobile autonomous hydrogen refueling station.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 26, 2021
Now in its third year, the program from Dallas Innovates and D CEO honors 78 disruptors and trailblazers driving a new vision for innovation in North Texas.
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by Quincy Preston and Alex Edwards |
Oct 25, 2021
Wing will operate a drone delivery facility in Dallas-Fort Worth at the Frisco Station development with a small number of flights starting this week.
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Left to right: Gary Hon, Ph.D., UTSW Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Nikhil Munshi, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Biology; W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences
UT Southwestern Team Awarded $8.8M to Participate in Genomic Variation Consortium
by David Seeley | Oct 25, 2021
The team is led by UTSW assistant professor Gary Hon, Ph.D., who developed Mosaic-seq, a gene engineering technique that helped lead to the grant award. UTSW will now become a research partner in a new $185M National Institutes of Health (NIH) initiative to build on findings of the Human Genome Project.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 20, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Beauty Systems Group's medium for allocating sales commissions, Finch electronics' large vehicle signaling system, Orora Visual TX's apparatus for providing durable plant tags for horticultural organization, Aeris Communications' pair-the-plan system for devices, Avrio Genetics' chemosensory disorder trigger and management system, KidKraft's accordian-fold play structure with easy-up assembly device, and Trustie's methods for determining credibility at scale.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 19, 2021
Five local winners received up to $200,000 in funding to activate their solutions throughout North Texas.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 19, 2021
Many hospitals overwhelmed by the pandemic have dealt with patient medication labeling the old-fashioned way—with quickly scrawled, handwritten info taped to syringes and IV bags. Vigilant's new platform improves patient safety and medication workflows, reducing time spent managing infusion lines so the focus can remain on the patient.
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