Invention

#killQWERTY: Here’s Why Plano’s CharaChorder Reinvented the Keyboard (Hint: To Keep Up With Your Brain)

by | Aug 20, 2020
With two new investments and a $2.5M evaluation, the startup plans to ship an input device that can better match the speed of the human brain in December.

CharaChorder thinks it's positioned as one of the leading consumer electronics startups in Texas.
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Southlake BioTech Startup Gets $10M Grant from CPRIT for Technology That ‘Lights Up’ Cancer
by | Aug 20, 2020
OncoNano Medicine, a spinout of University of Texas Southwestern, uses pH as a biomarker to detect metastatic cancer. Its technology, which visualizes a tumor, could be a gamechanger.
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Dallas Invents: 144 Patents Granted for Week of Aug. 4
by | Aug 19, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Bell's personal air vehicle with ducted fans, Cambium Learning's tags for unlocking digital content, Capital One's vehicle recommendations by user-valued features, StacyC's convertible motorized running cycle, USAA's indoor drone flight awareness system, and Walmart's workflow coordinator.
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DDI Foundation Donates $300K for West End Park Water Feature That Changes With the Weather
by | Aug 18, 2020
The interactive water table will bubble, mist, or be still as it reacts to Dallas weather. West End Square is slated for completion in early 2021.
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Smart Tech Partners: North Texas‑Based Polte and Teltech Bring Asset Tracking Solutions to IoT Marketplace

by | Aug 13, 2020
The Native American and woman-owned Teltech Group has launched a virtual IoT marketplace for Polte-powered real-time tracking solutions. Last month, Frisco-based Teltech announced a new lease for a 200,000 square-foot industrial space in Flower Mound, where it will consolidate operations.
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Dallas Invents: 149 Patents Granted for Week of July 28
by | Aug 12, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AiBUY's peer-assisted shopping, Bone Solutions' implant of osteostimulative material, Dell's proximity-based authorization for encryption and decryption services, Intellective AI's logical sensor generation in a behavioral recognition system, Lintec of America's nanofiber fabric, Luminator Holding's monitoring a signage system of a transit vehicle, and USAA's voice synthesis for virtual agents.
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Align Capital Acquires Transportation Tech Company to Speed Scale, Mobility Solutions
by | Aug 10, 2020
Richardson-based Electronic Transaction Consultants, a toll tech leader that processes billions of transactions each year, plans to extend into markets where mobility-as-a-service and intelligent transportation systems merge.
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MassChallenge Texas: Meet the Summer Cohort
by | Aug 6, 2020
In a new limited series, Dallas Innovates is highlighting the local startups in MassChallenge Texas' latest cohort, which aims to make the state "the best in the world to start and scale a business."
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Dallas Invents: 101 Patents Granted for Week of July 21

by | Aug 5, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Globus Medical's artificial spinal disk prothesis, Allstate's accident re-creation using augmented reality, AT&Ts 5D edge cloud network design, Blacktop Plus' therapeutic elastic sports tape, IBM's smart garment, Kwikboost's mobile device charging stations, State Farm's trip-based vehicle insurance, and Toyota's co-pilot and conversational companion.
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MassChallenge Texas: Meet the MedTech Startup Making Wearables That Mimic and Complement Biological Systems
by | Aug 4, 2020
Articulate Labs' wearable devices strengthen muscles through everyday activity. That makes its training more mobile, convenient, and effective, CEO Josh Rabinowitz says.
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Dallas Innovates’ 10 Most Popular Stories in July
by | Aug 4, 2020
Rising to the top of the list: How 54-year-old Dallas County Community College District became a single accredited institution called Dallas College. The move united DCCCD's seven independent colleges, essentially turning each into a conveniently located campus. That could make it the largest community college in the state. Here's our roundup of the Top 10.
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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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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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Dallas Invents is a weekly look at patents granted by the USPTO to Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington.
Dallas Invents: Patents Granted
in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
by | Jul 21, 2020
Dallas Invents tracks inventive activity in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area with look at patents granted by the USPTO.
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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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