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Richardson's Innovation Quarter [Photo: Michael Samples]
How North Texas Can Become a Top‑Ranked National Technology Innovation Hub
by Bill Sproull | Jun 22, 2021
The U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, which passed in May, has the power to develop 20 tech hubs throughout the United States. According to Tech Titans' CEO Bill Sproull, Dallas-Fort Worth could be a strong contender for one of those spots.
by David Seeley |
Jun 21, 2021
Qarbon will perform the complete system integration and assembly for HEXA eVTOL aircraft, which are designed for both recreational and military use—from flying car "entertainment experiences" over San Francisco Bay to air ambulance rescues by the U.S. Air Force.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 16, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Abbott Laboratories’ sample analysis, Alkami's ACH transaction notification and facilitating ACH transaction disputes, Allied Biosciences' antimicrobial coatings for medical dressings, Amazon's container chutes for sortation systems, AT&T's traffic management system, Bell Textron's navigation system with camera assist, Blue Cross Blue Shield Institute's geographic population health information system, Capital One Services' automated streaming data platform, and Raytheon's self-organizing mobile peer-to-peer mesh network authentication.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 15, 2021
Funded by the Department of Defense's Office of Naval Research, the additive manufacturing breakthrough is a huge step toward more affordable and available flexible solar panels—for aircraft carriers, ocean-going drones, and more.
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Waymo Via Partners With J.B. Hunt to Run Robotically Driven Freight From Houston to Fort Worth
by David Seeley | Jun 10, 2021
The test runs will use the autonomous Waymo Via Class 8 trucking unit, completing the 262-mile haul in Level 4 robotic mode—with a driver and technician in the cab to monitor things.
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by Dave Moore |
Jun 9, 2021
Early-stage startups and other innovators can submit breakthrough concepts in 5G, the Internet of Things (IoT), energy, digital health care, Industry 4.0, and mobility technologies. Applications are open through June 20.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 9, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven’s selective verification of algorithmically populated shopping carts, AT&T’s ad placement based on viewer movement, Bank of America’s voice-based time-sensitive task processing, Berenson Consulting Group’s infusion monitoring and patient compliance system, Capital One’s vehicle information in augmented reality, Cisco’s speaker anticipation in a video conference, Home Depot’s method for creating an augmented reality experience and more.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jun 8, 2021
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas awarded a $3.9 million grant to The University of North Texas Health Science Center (HSC) in Fort Worth to expand a program that aims to create more diversity in the medical and biomedical sciences fields.
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Ready, Set, Innov8:
Teens, Adults Invited To Hack for Pediatric Health Care Quandaries
by Dave Moore | Jun 8, 2021
Put your problem-solving chops to work. The Children's Health event encourages gamification, augmented reality to solve for age-old pediatric health care problems.
There's even a no-code challenge.
There's even a no-code challenge.
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by Lauren Acton |
Jun 3, 2021
Jeff Osburn, founder of Fort Worth-based Canopy Point Coffee, developed the ultimate "smart" coffee shop that lets customers be their own barista. The intelliCafé has a tech-enabled platform with facial recognition and a smartphone app to keep it simple.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 2, 2021
The app turns your smartphone into a "virtual fitting room" with machine learning and AR tech.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 2, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Apple’s adaptive multiplexing and transmit/receive diversity, Flypsi’s telephone network system, Micell Technologies’ coatings containing multiple drugs, Polte’s multi-path mitigation in tracking objects using a distributed antenna system, rewardStyle’s affiliate link generation, Tesla Laboratories’ mobile device as an input device for surveys at a live event, TMGCore’s liquid immersion cooling, Twitter’s swipe-to-like, and USAA’s biometric authentication on push notification.
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U.S. Patent No. 1,100,1950, tear-resistant nanofiber sheet, was assigned to Lintec of America, Inc.
Dallas Invents: 125 Patents Granted for Week of May 11
by Quincy Preston | May 25, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven’s event trigger based on region-of-interest near hand-shelf interaction, American Airlines’ monitoring/alert system for airline gate activities, Danco’s smart water system, Dell’s method to manage file access rights in an information handling system, Discourse.AI’s training of chatbots , Fresh Innovations’ avocado tray, Lintec of America’s tear-resistant nanofiber sheet, IBM’s managing transparent windows, Rain Bird’s volumetric budget based irrigation control, and RFCyber’s payments between two mobile devices.
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by David Seeley |
May 24, 2021
22-year-old ARKH CEO Landon Nickerson—who earned millions as a YouTube gamer—will now exclusively sell Litho's controllers under his ARKH brand, which has raised $5.7 million in funding to date.
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by Quincy Preston |
May 19, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Allied Bioscience's aqueous antimicrobial coatings, American Leather Operations convertible furniture, Caris Science's method for measuring the amount of at least one molecule in a bio sample, Siemens Industry Software 's environmental perception in autonomous driving
STMicroelectronics' NFC antenna switch, Toyota's collaboorative robot hand bearing for high-torque tightening applications, and vSpatial's method for creating a collaborative virtual session.
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by David Seeley |
May 17, 2021
Plano-based Adaptive3D is a category leader in printed elastomers for additive manufacturing, competing in a $129B industry. So it's no wonder the Boston company snapped them up.
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