Invention

Richardson Fintech Launches Credit Building Solution in Response to COVID-19

by | Jul 30, 2020
The duo behind ImpactX Partners has developed a credit-building loan service making it easy and affordable to prop up lagging credit scores without going into further debt.
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Dallas Invents: 134 Patents Granted for Week of July 14
by | Jul 29, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AT&T's detection of sentiment shift, Verizon's hyper-accuracy location platform, The Parking Genius' parking sensors to determine direction and speed with magnetic signature recognition, E3 Water's mobile sewage treatment and water reclamation system, Authentix's product authentication using barcode characteristics, and TRAXXAS' self-righting vehicle.
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Plug-and-Play Power: Fort Worth Tech Manufacturer Expands Production of Smart Electric Motors for e-Mobility
by | Jul 28, 2020
The technological advancement of these motors has "as big of an impact on minimizing global energy consumption as any major battery breakthrough could have," says Linear Labs' VP of Technology.

Four M200 motors in a four-wheeled vehicle "can provide more peak torque than a 2020 Porsche 911 Carrera S engine."
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Dallas Invents: 140 Patents Granted for Week of July 7
by | Jul 22, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include:Amazon's techniques for synchronizing communication across devices, Applied Concepts' absolute speed detector, Authentix's fluorescence based global fuel analysis method, Capital One's systems to update listings using crowdsourced images, Lyft's method for managing media content, NxGen's quantum resistant blockchain, Ommo Technologies's tracking using a magnetic field, Omnitracs' vehicle and drone management system, Toyota's vehicle collision mitigation, and more.
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From Tanks to Teleportation: Defense Innovation Unit Partners on Podcast About National Security and Commercial Tech

by | Jul 16, 2020
The ten-episode series hosted by Dallas-native DIU Texas Lead Zach Walker and founding_media's Dan Dillard explores the intersection of technology, business, and national security.
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Dallas Invents: 139 Patents Granted for Week of June 30
by | Jul 15, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: an unassigned drown-proof bee feeder, Turner Broadcasting Systems Inc.'s advertisement scheduler, Accenture Global's cost of healthcare analytics platform, Bank of America's IoT's multi-layered embedded handshake, Amazon's network planning and optimization, Futurewei's robot navigation and object tracking, and more.
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Dallas Invents: 149 Patents Granted for Week of June 23
by | Jul 8, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Accenture Global Services' connected classroom system, ATT Mobility's blockchain based device management, Bank of America's event execution using a blockchain approach, Building Materials Investment Corp.'s roof integrated photovoltaic system, Capital One Services' ;otless storage of vehicle inventory, and The Nielsen Company's apparatus to detect uninstallation of an on-device meter.
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Dallas Innovates’ 10 Most Popular Stories in June
by | Jul 1, 2020
From Toyota making executive changes to AT&T offering a new enterprise-level internet solution, here are our 10 most-read stories in June.
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Dallas Invents: 117 Patents Granted for Week of June 16

by | Jul 1, 2020

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. 7-Eleven's action detection during image tracking, Alto-Shaam's multizone oven with variable volume steam-assisted cooking zones, Astrapi's spiral polynomial division multiplexing, Bank of America's ID of candidate training utterances from human conversations with an intelligent interactive assistant, Baylor Research Institute's anti-CD40 antibodies, Halliburton's position indicator through acoustics, IBM's big data sourcing simulator, OMNITRACS' vehicle video recording system with driver privacy, an unassigned solar swimming pool skimmer, Verizon's streaming content using ad hoc networks of user devices, and Warstic Sports's baseball bat with symmetrical rounded knob

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‘Minutes, Not Months’: Texas‑based Hypergiant Partners With United States Air Force on Satellites That Update in Real Time
by | Jun 30, 2020
A fleet of mini-satellites working together in space will update actions and tasks ‘on the fly’ based on emerging scenarios and mission needs, says CEO Ben Lamm. That’s something that’s never been done before. That ability to update, collect, and share data in space—in real time—is an evolution for defense and commercial use cases.
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Life Stories: Following a $5.2M funding, Dallas’ OneDay Launches Video Storytelling Tech for the Funeral Home Industry
by | Jun 24, 2020
The company, named one of Inc.'s Best Workplaces of 2020, has grown 90 percent in the past 90 days.
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Building the Future with 5G and Wi-Fi 6
by | Jun 24, 2020
How adoption of advanced wireless is unfolding A Q&A with Deloitte’s Dan Berner and Rob FitzGerald
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Dallas Invents: 133 Patents Granted for Week of June 9

by | Jun 24, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Alcon's multifocal lens having reduced visual disturbances, Ataia's methods for communicating through a hard plastic mask, Capital One's methods for intelligent income verification to improve loan contract funding, Lockheed Martin's generation of a 3-D physical map using different data sources, Panacea Quantum Leap Technology's device for the extraction of water from the environment, and Trimble's earthquake and displacement early warning system.
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How Cooling Shoes Insoles From UTSW Scientists Could Heal Diabetic’s Heels
by | Jun 23, 2020
The recently developed cooling shoe device greatly decreases foot temperatures, lowering a significant risk factor for diabetic foot ulcers.
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Purpose to Play: Dallas-based BALANCED Closes a $3.5M Seed Round for Crowdsourced AI Gaming Tech
by | Jun 22, 2020
The new funding comes on the heels of BALANCED garnering spare computer processing power to help find treatments for COVID-19.
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