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STEM students at a Tech Astra State Farm summit in 2018. [Photo: State Farm]
State Farm’s Tech Astra Summit to Encourage Young Girls to Pursue STEM
by Alex Edwards | Sep 1, 2021
The gender gap in computing is getting worse: In 1995 37% of computer scientists were women, dropping to 24% today. State Farm is taking action with a new STEM summit to engage girls in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Registration is open until Sept. 18.
by David Seeley |
Sep 1, 2021
Bank of America had a company-record 227 patents granted during the first half of 2021. One of its biggest inventors? Addison-based Global Banking SVP Manu Kurian, who ranks in the top 300 patent holders on earth. He's filed more than 360 patents since 2014, with more than 240 of those having been granted.
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 31, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Textron Innovations' autonomous package delivery aircraft, Siemens Industry Software's chain testing and diagnosis using two-dimensional scan architecture, Bank of America's IoT versatile nodes, Wilson Electronics' multiple antenna repeater architecture, IBM's prioritizing workload, Speedgrocers' method for order fulfillment. Bell Textron's VTOL aircraft with tilting rotors and tilting ducted fans, and Capital One's vehicle purchasing tools.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 31, 2021
Gatik's new autonomous trucking facility at the "MIZ" in Fort Worth's AllianceTexas will serve as a hub for its middle-mile operations in Texas. The company's $85 million Series B funding will scale its fleet of Class 3-6 autonomous box trucks across new North American markets.
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Dallas-Based BreachQuest Emerges From Stealth With $4.4M in Seed Funding From the Founders of Tinder and Other Leading Investors
by Alex Edwards | Aug 25, 2021
The newly launched cybersecurity firm is taking a re-engineered approach to incident response and recovery. With big-name backers, BreachQuest is developing a proprietary platform to solve security issues quicker and at a lower cost.
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 25, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Avodah Inc.'s automated gesture identification using neural networks UT's System and Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University's yarn energy harvesters containing conducing nanomaterials, Building Materials Investment Corp.'s hail resistant roofing system, Carefusion 303's variable dose dispensing system, IBM's Corp.'s secure medication delivery, Lintec of America's artificial muscle actuators, London Johnson's white noise sound machine, and Nxgen Partners' miniaturized device to sterilize from Covid-19 and other viruses.
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by Dave Moore |
Aug 21, 2021
Siemens Digital Industries Software headquarters is hiring like gangbusters. Siemens CFO Timo Nentwich, who moved to Dallas from Berlin last October, says the company has moved far beyond enabling the designs of airplanes and cars, into analyzing entire manufacturing processes.
“Few people know that we’re running a large operation like this out of the Plano office,” the CFO said.
“Few people know that we’re running a large operation like this out of the Plano office,” the CFO said.
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 18, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AirWatch's remotely restricting client devices, Allied Bioscience's antimicrobial coatings for medical implements and devices, Anametric's system for quantum coherence preservation of qubits, Capital One's behavioral data analytics platform, Golabs' hoverboard, Lintec of America's hook and loop artificial muscles, Smurfit Kappa North America's cold chain packaging, Solar Hardscapes' landscape pavers for ground installation of photovoltaic panels, and Ventamatic's climate smart fan ventilation,
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U.S. Patent No. 1,1076,460, Lighting system, was assigned to Alliance Sports Group, L.P.
Dallas Invents: 103 Patents Granted for Week of July 27
by Quincy Preston | Aug 11, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AiBUY's dynamic binding of content transactional items, Alliance Sports Group's lighting system, Compass Datacenters' air dam for a datacenter facility, Microsoft's distributed processing architecture, Siemens' low pin count reversible scan architecture, and TI's technique to deter theft from automated teller machines.
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 4, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Mirelz's virtual try-on coordination via communications sessions, Stackpath's cryptographic network protocol escalation path, VitalTech Properties' standing desk biometrics, AirWatch's multi-persona management and devices, Atense's storing and using multipurpose secret data, Commercial Metals Company's emissions collection system, Chad Dorsey Design's fireplace surround, Magnus Inventions' picture hanging marking tool, inRegen's bioactive renal cells, and VPay's virtual payment card fraud detection.
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by Erick Cutler |
Aug 4, 2021
From patient care to office operations, artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to improve dental care.
sponsored by EisnerAmper
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by Quincy Preston |
Jul 29, 2021
The investment from Silverton Partners will help the North Texas-based company scale.
"BILT has created a technology the world desperately needs. I can't imagine in five years, we'll still be dealing with paper instructions," says Silverton Managing Partner Morgan Flager.
"BILT has created a technology the world desperately needs. I can't imagine in five years, we'll still be dealing with paper instructions," says Silverton Managing Partner Morgan Flager.
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Foreground image: Children's Health; Background image: vectortatu/iStock]
Winners Announced for the Children’s Health Innov8 4 Kids Hackathon
by Dave Moore | Jul 28, 2021
High schoolers who focused on the mental, emotional aspects of health care dominated the hackathon. That's especially impressive, considering that of the 14 teams competing, four were high school teams, eight were college teams, and two were professional teams. See the top three winning submissions here.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jul 27, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: No7-Eleven's object assignment during image tracking, Air Distribution Technologies' floor air diffuser, Alight Solutions' more-intelligent health care advisor, BNSF's avalanche slide detection , Cornerstone Automation Systems' secure portable pill canister for order fulfillment, GHW Solutions' comprehensive dry flood proofing system to mitigate inland flooding risk, Globus Medical's intervertebral fusion implant, Lennox's refrigerant leak detection, Meadow Burke's lifting and leveling insert for a precast concrete slab, Raytheon's architectures for vehicle tolling, Textron Innovations' angle-of-attack flight computer systems, and TouchPay Holdings' machines and process for managing a service account.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 27, 2021
The Fort Worth- and San Francisco- based fund plans to raise a total of $7 billion by end of this year, with a goal of investing in entrepreneurs and businesses building climate solutions around the world.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jul 20, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Apple’s coprocessor memory ordering table, Bank of America’s asset management block chain, Baylor Research Institute’s classification of polyps using learned image analysis, Bell Helicopter Textron’s parasite aircraft for airborne deployment and retrieval, Myth Innovations’ AR interface and method of use, and Toyota’s mass transit for personal vehicles.
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